Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS Management Suite S&S and IBM OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite for z/OS S&S - No direct replacements

IBM Asia Pacific Withdrawal Announcement WP22-0035
April 26, 2022

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	Support and access discontinuance		Replacement information
	Withdrawn parts, features, or programs

Support and access discontinuance

Effective on the date shown, IBM® will withdraw support for the following programs licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement:

Program number	Program name	VRM	Discontinuance of support date
5698-Z06	IBM OMEGAMON® for z/OS® Management Suite S&S	All	April 30, 2023
5698-AA9	IBM OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite for z/OS S&S	All	April 30, 2023

Note 5698-Z06: IBM previously announced the software withdrawal of IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS Management Suite (5698-TOM) on December 4, 2018, and the Software withdrawal and support discontinuance of IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS Management Suite (5698-TOM) on February 1, 2022. See the Reference information section for the announcement letters. With this announcement, the corresponding S&S program number (5698-Z06) IBM OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite S&S is being withdrawn from support.

Note 5698-AA9: IBM had previously announced the software withdrawal of IBM OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite for z/OS (5698-AA8) on December 4, 2018, and the Software withdrawal and support discontinuance of IBM OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite for z/OS (5698-AA8) on February 1, 2022. See the Reference information section for the announcement letters. With this announcement, the corresponding S&S program number (5698-AA9) IBM OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite for z/OS S&S is being withdrawn from support.

There are no direct replacement offerings for programs 5698-TOM and 5698-Z06 or 5698-AA8 and 5698-AA9. IBM Z® Monitoring Suite 1.2 (5698-B66 and 5698-B67) is available as an alternate, which includes additional capabilities delivering wider collaboration through IBM Service Management Unite, IBM Z ChatOps, and IBM Z OMEGAMON Data Provider enabling wider integration with open platforms.

Contact your IBM representative for more details and options to purchase.

Withdrawn parts, features, or programs

Build-to-order release withdrawal

Effective September 5, 2022, IBM will withdraw from marketing the following programs licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement:

Program number	Program name	VRM
5698-Z06	IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS Management Suite S&S	All
5698-AA9	IBM OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite for z/OS S&S	All

Build-to-order program and feature number withdrawal

Effective September 5, 2022, the following programs and features will be withdrawn.

Software maintenance programs

Program number	Program and feature name	VRM
5698-Z06	IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS Management Suite S&S	All
5698-AA9	IBM OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite for z/OS S&s	All

Replacement information

There are no direct replacements for the withdrawn programs.

Order processing

Orders received on or after the effective date of withdrawal will not be filled. Client requested arrival dates (CRADs), if any, must be prior to the effective date of withdrawal.

Reference information

For information about software withdrawal for IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS Management Suite S&S (5698-TOM) and IBM OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite for z/OS (5698-AA8), see Withdrawal Announcement WP18-0113, dated December 4, 2018.

For information about software withdrawal and support discontinuance of IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS Management Suite (5698-TOM) and IBM OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite for z/OS (5698-AA8), see Software Announcement AP22-0129, dated February 15, 2022.

Technical support

Technical support continues to be available until April 30, 2023. Support extensions are not available.

See the IBM Support website for product support information.

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