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IBM Netcool Operations Support Newsletter Q4 2018
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Hi All
Welcome to the Q4 Netcool Operations Support Newsletter
Please be aware of the following products that are now soon to be End of Support
Netcool End of Support Knowledge Collection
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/entdocview.wss?uid=swg22009214
Learn more about the key reasons for upgrading to latest versions of some IBM Netcool product versions.
IBM recommends upgrading to later versions of specific Netcool product versions as soon as possible in order to maintain full support.
After April 2018, support for Java™ 6 will be limited to usage and known problems with possible updates for critical security fixes through the end of 2018.
After April 2018, WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7 support will be limited to non-Java defects. Support for other components will continue as usual through
to the end of support dates shown below.
End of Support has been announced for all product versions listed in the left-most column in the following table:
| Affected Offering | EoS Date | Replacement |
| IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 7.4.x | 31 Dec 2018 | IBM Tivoli Netcool/Omnibus 8.1 |
| IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact 6.1.x | 31 Dec 2018 | IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact 7.1 |
| IBM Netcool Operations Insight 1.2.x | 31 Dec 2018 | IBM Netcool Operations Insight 1.5 |
| IBM Netcool Operations Insight 1.3.x | 31 Dec 2018 | IBM Netcool Operations Insight 1.5 |
| IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 3.9 | 31 Dec 2018 | IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 4.2 |
| IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 4.1.0 | 31 Dec 2018 | IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 4.2 |
| IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 4.1.1 | 31 Dec 2018 | IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 4.2 |
| IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 6.3.x | 31 Dec 2018 | IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 6.4.2 |
| IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 6.4.0 | 31 Dec 2018 | IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 6.4.2 |
| IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 6.4.1 | 31 Dec 2018 | IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 6.4.2 |
| IBM Netcool Network Manager (NNM) 9.2.x | 31 Dec 2018 | IBM Netcool Network Manager (NNM) 9.3 |
| IBM Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager 1.3.x | 31 Dec 2018 | IBM Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager 1.4.4 |
| IBM SmartCloud Analytics - Predictive Insights1.2.x | 31 Dec 2018 | IBM Operations Analytics 1.3.6, Device Based |
| IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager 6.1.x | 31 Dec 2018 | IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager 6.2 |
Please refer also to the respective announcement that IBM made on September 12, 2017. You can find this announcement via following this link:
For Tivoli Business Service Manager, please refer to the announcement that IBM made on July 31, 2018. You can find this announcement via following this link:
Latest Supported Netcool Operations Insights Products Fix packs and Interim fix packs
Latest Probe Integration releases
Netcool/OMNIbus Integrations Release Notice - Probe Nonnative-base (probe-nonnative-base-21_0)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21641893
Netcool/OMNIbus Integrations Release Notice - Netcool/OMNIbus Probe CORBA Framework (probe-corba-framework-10_0)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21653104
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMINbus Integrations Release Notice - Probe for Nokia Network Functions Manager for Packet (nco-p-nokia-nfmp-2_0)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22005197
Netcool/OMNIbus Integrations Release Notice - Netcool/OMNIbus Probe for Huawei U2000 CORBA (nco_p_huawei_u2000_corba-4_0)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21450078
Netcool/OMNIbus Integrations Release Notice - Netcool/OMNIbus Probe DSL Factory Framework (probe-dsl-framework-4_0)
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21665930&myns=swgtiv&mynp=OCSSSHTQ&mync=R&cm_sp=swgtiv-_-OCSSSHTQ-_-R
Blog Highlights
Latest YouTube Videos
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Take a look at our Ask the expert Sessions covering all the upgrades for Netcool Products (as part of Java 6 EOS April 2018 dates )
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Ask the Experts: Upgrading Tivoli Business Service Manager 6.1.x to 6.2
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https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/332777/what-settings-do-you-use-with-the-generic-3gpp-pro/
Why does the Generic 3GPP probe hang when trying to unsubscribe?
https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/476134/why-does-the-generic-3gpp-probe-hang-when-trying-t/
How do you reduce the loading on probes due to the use of hostname() ?
https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/288680/how-do-you-reduce-the-loading-on-probes-due-to-the/
Why does the Huawei U2000 3GPP CORBA keep exiting logging that the Queue is full?
https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/467991/why-does-the-huawei-u2000-3gpp-corba-keep-exiting/
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