Preventive Service Planning
Abstract
This document lists information about the IBM Storage Defender Data Protect supported levels.
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IBM Storage Defender Data Protect includes third party software, and therefore, it follows the vendor lifecycle. The IBM Storage Defender Data Protect older versions will be periodically moved out of active support.
Note: The best practice is to use the long term support level of Data Protect, which is Data Protect 7.1.2_u2. The feature levels Data Protect 7.2.0 and 7.2.1 come with new features and enhancements available for on-premises hardware, Cloud Edition, and Virtual Edition clusters. All Data Protect levels, the LTS and feature levels, are fully supported.
The following table lists the supported IBM Storage Defender Data Protect levels.
| Data Protect level | Release type (LTS1, Feature2) |
Release date | LTS Designation date | EOS date | Useful Information3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2.1 | Feature | 18 Nov 2024 | n/a | 18 Aug 2025 | Data Protect 7.2.1: Release Notes and User Guide |
| 7.2.0 | Feature | 23 Jul 2024 | n/a | 30 Apr 2025 | Data Protect 7.2.0: Release Notes and User Guide |
| 7.1.2* (7.1.2_u2 and later) |
Long Term Support (LTS) | 28 Mar 2024 | 28 Oct 2024 | 30 Apr 2026 | Data Protect 7.1.2: Release Notes and User Guide |
*7.1.2 LTS support requires that customers who are using versions prior to 7.1.2_u2 must upgrade to 7.1.2_u2 or later before Jan 31, 2025.
Notes:
(1) Long Term Support (LTS) releases are supported for a minimum of 12 months from the date of LTS designation and a minimum of 6 months of overlapping coverage between two LTS releases
(2) Feature releases are supported for a minimum of 6 months from the first availability of the Feature Release date (GA date) and a minimum of 3 months of overlapping coverage between the next feature release.
(3) The links in this column contain useful information about whats new, upgrade information, and fixed issues. The IBM Storage Defender Data Protect release notes and user guides are accessible by using IBMid credentials that are associated with your IBM Storage Defender tenant account.
(4) The Data Protect 7.1.2 level enables customers to migrate from CentOS 7.9 to RHEL 7.9. Also, see IBM Storage Defender: Data Protect 7.1.2 upgrade available.
The following table lists the IBM Storage Defender Data Protect levels which have reached EOS.
| Data Protect level | Release type | Release date | EOS date | Useful Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1.1 | Feature | 04 Dec 2023 | 28 Jun 2024 | Data Protect 7.1.1: Release Notes and User Guide |
| 7.1.0 | Feature | 29 Sep 2023 | 29 Jun 2024 | Data Protect 7.1.0: Release Notes and User Guide |
| 7.0.1 | Feature | 30 Jun 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | Data Protect 7.0.1: Release Notes and User Guide |
Note: Customers using an End of Support (EOS) version can continue to contact IBM Customer Support, but bug fix requests might require an upgrade to a currently supported version.
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