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Support overview, life cycle and supported platforms for the IBM Semeru Runtimes.

IBM Semeru Runtimes support

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IBM Semeru Runtime Certified Edition for z/OS

Information in this support guide does not apply for the IBM Semeru Runtime Certified Edition for z/OS. Refer to this resource:

Overview

The IBM Semeru Runtimes are free to download and use in both personal and commercial environments. Quarterly security updates and bug fixes are also made available, free of charge. The packages are built and tested by IBM to meet the high quality standards that a business expects for running mission-critical Java applications. You can read more about our quality standards here.

The IBM Semeru Runtimes contain OpenJDK class libraries from the OpenJDK community and the Eclipse OpenJ9™ Java virtual machine from the Eclipse Foundation. IBM participates in both of these projects to drive new innovation, improve test coverage, and help fix any problems that are identified.

For any problems with OpenJDK class libraries or the OpenJ9 VM, free support is available directly from these communities.

  • For OpenJDK class library problems, open an issue in the JDK Bug System.
  • For OpenJ9 VM problems, ask questions in the OpenJ9 slack channel (click here for an invite) or raise an issue in the OpenJ9 GitHub repository.

If your business needs enterprise-grade support for some or all of your Java deployments, IBM provides a commercial support offering, IBM Runtimes for Business.

Support for the IBM Semeru Runtimes is included as part of the installation of an IBM Product, and is included in the support entitlement for the IBM operating system or other IBM product that includes it. The customer must contact IBM Support to open a ticket against the relevant IBM product.

Life Cycle

The release cadence of the IBM Semeru Runtimes are expected to track the upstream OpenJDK releases:

  • A new feature release will be delivered every six months
  • A maintenance/security update based upon each active release every three months.
  • Every two years a feature release will become a Long Term Support (LTS) release.

Available support will depend on whether the release is a feature release or an LTS release:

  • LTS releases
    IBM will continue to support LTS releases, at a minimum, as long as the corresponding upstream/OpenJDK source is actively maintained.
  • Feature releases
    No IBM support is available for feature releases.

The following table summarizes the support status of the IBM Semeru Runtimes. All future dates and support expectations are predictions that might change depending on how the OpenJDK and OpenJ9 projects evolve over time.

IBM Semeru Runtimes version Release type GA1 OpenJDK EOS2 EoA3
21 LTS Jan 2023 Dec 2029 Dec 2029
17 LTS Dec 2021 Oct 2027 Oct 2027
11 LTS Sept 2021 Oct 2024 Nov 2026
8 LTS Jul 2021 Nov 2026 Nov 2026

Notes:

1. The General Availability (GA) date listed is the latest date that a release of the offering is available to all users, regardless of language or media.

2. The EOS (End of Service) date is the date when IBM expects upstream/OpenJDK maintenance to end.

3. The EoA (End of Availability) date is the timeframe IBM expects our maintenance stream to end.

4. Version 20 and earlier Feature releases are no longer maintained or receiving security fixes. We recommend that you migrate to an actively maintained LTS or Feature release.

5. For life cycle information for the IBM i operating system refer to the Java on IBM i page.

6. Life cycle information for z/OS is available from the IBM Support product lifecycle page.

If you are using IBM Semeru Runtimes that are incorporated into an IBM or Vendor product, EOS dates might differ from those in the table:

Supported platforms

The IBM Semeru Runtimes function on a range of platform architectures and operating systems. This range is expected to extend as and when new architectures are adopted by the OpenJDK and Eclipse OpenJ9 communities.

Support information for these operating systems is documented elsewhere:

Note: When public support for an operating system version ends, the IBM Semeru Runtimes can no longer be supported on that level.

The IBM Semeru Runtimes are expected to function with the following operating systems and minimum levels:

Linux systems

There are a number of distributions provided for the Linux® operating system.

For Linux, the following platform architectures are supported:

Linux on IBM Z

  • IBM z16™
  • IBM z15™
  • IBM z14
  • IBM z13®
  • IBM zEnterprise® EC12
  • IBM zEnterprise BC12
  • IBM zEnterprise 114
  • IBM zEnterprise 196

Linux on IBM POWER

  • IBM POWER8®
  • IBM POWER9™
  • IBM Power10

Linux on x86

  • x86-64

Linux on ARM

  • AArch64

The following table shows the operating systems supported for each platform architecture.

Linux AArch64 x64 ppc64le Z64
CentOS 7.9 Yes Yes Yes No
CentOS Stream 8 Yes Yes Yes No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP 5 No Yes Yes Yes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP 5 No Yes Yes Yes
Ubuntu 20.04 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ubuntu 22.04 Yes Yes Yes Yes

AIX systems

For AIX® on IBM® POWER®, the following hardware is supported:

  • IBM POWER7
  • IBM POWER8®
  • IBM POWER9™
  • IBM Power10

Notes:

  • 1. IBM Power10 is supported only in Power9 compatibility mode for AIX 7.2.
  • 2. IBM Power10 is fully supported for AIX 7.3.

The following table shows the operating systems supported for each platform architecture.

AIX ppc64
AIX 7.2 TL5 Yes
AIX 7.3 TL0 Yes

Important: IBM Semeru Runtimes, Version 17 on AIX require the 16.1.0.7 or later, XL C++ Runtime.

Notes:

  • 1. AIX 7.2 is supported only on IBM POWER 7 and later processors.
  • 2. AIX 7.3 is supported only on IBM POWER 8 and later processors.

macOS systems

The following table shows the operating systems supported for each platform architecture.

macOS® x64 AArch64
macOS 11 Yes Yes
macOS 12 Yes Yes
macOS 13 Yes Yes

Windows systems

Windows® x64
Windows 10 Yes
Windows 11 Yes
Windows Server 2016 Yes
Windows Server 2019 Yes
Windows Server 2022 Yes

IBM i

Refer to the Java on IBM i hardware support matrix.

z/OS

Refer to Java SDK Products on z/OS.

Linux systems

There are a number of distributions provided for the Linux® operating system.

For Linux, the following platform architectures are supported:

Linux on IBM Z

  • IBM z16™
  • IBM z15™
  • IBM z14
  • IBM z13®
  • IBM zEnterprise® EC12
  • IBM zEnterprise BC12
  • IBM zEnterprise 114
  • IBM zEnterprise 196

Linux on IBM POWER

  • IBM POWER8®
  • IBM POWER9™
  • IBM Power10

Linux on x86

  • x86-64

Linux on ARM

  • AArch64

The following table shows the operating systems supported for each platform architecture.

Linux AArch64 x64 ppc64le Z64
CentOS 7.9 (see note 1) Yes Yes Yes No
CentOS Stream 8 (see note 1) Yes Yes Yes No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP 5 No Yes Yes Yes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP 5 No Yes Yes Yes
Ubuntu 20.04 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ubuntu 22.04 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Notes:

  • 1. Not supported on IBM Semeru Runtime™ Certified Edition, Version 17.

AIX systems

For AIX® on IBM® POWER®, the following hardware is supported:

  • IBM POWER7
  • IBM POWER8®
  • IBM POWER9™
  • IBM Power10

Notes:

  • 1. IBM Power10 is supported only in Power9 compatibility mode for AIX 7.2.
  • 2. IBM Power10 is fully supported for AIX 7.3.

The following table shows the operating systems supported for each platform architecture.

AIX ppc64
AIX 7.2 TL5 Yes
AIX 7.3 TL0 Yes

Important: IBM Semeru Runtimes, Version 17 on AIX require the 16.1.0.7 or later, XL C++ Runtime.

Notes:

  • 1. AIX 7.2 is supported only on IBM POWER 7 and later processors.
  • 2. AIX 7.3 is supported only on IBM POWER 8 and later processors.

macOS systems

The following table shows the operating systems supported for each platform architecture.

macOS® x64 AArch64
OS X 10.14+ Yes No
macOS 11 Yes Yes
macOS 12 Yes Yes
macOS 13 Yes Yes

Windows systems

Windows® x64
Windows 10 Yes
Windows 11 Yes
Windows Server 2016 Yes
Windows Server 2019 Yes
Windows Server 2022 Yes

IBM i

Refer to the Java on IBM i hardware support matrix.

z/OS

Refer to Java SDK Products on z/OS.

Linux systems

There are a number of distributions provided for the Linux® operating system.

For Linux, the following platform architectures are supported:

Linux on IBM Z

  • IBM z16™
  • IBM z15™
  • IBM z14
  • IBM z13®
  • IBM zEnterprise® EC12
  • IBM zEnterprise BC12
  • IBM zEnterprise 114
  • IBM zEnterprise 196

Linux on IBM POWER

  • IBM POWER8®
  • IBM POWER9™
  • IBM Power10 (see note 1)

Linux on x86

  • x86-64

Linux on ARM

  • AArch64

Notes:

  • 1: IBM Power10 is supported only on 11.0.12.1 and later versions.

The following table shows the operating systems supported for each platform architecture.

Linux AArch64 x64 ppc64le Z64
CentOS 6.10 (see note 1 and 2) No Yes No No
CentOS 7.9 (see note 1) Yes Yes Yes No
CentOS Stream 8 (see note 1) Yes Yes Yes No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 No Yes No No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP 5 No Yes Yes Yes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP 5 No Yes Yes Yes
Ubuntu 20.04 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ubuntu 22.04 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Notes:

  • 1. Not supported on IBM Semeru Runtime™ Certified Edition, Version 11.
  • 2. Support for CentOS 6.10 on x64 Linux is deprecated and might be removed in a future release. OpenJ9 will not be tested with CentOS 6.10 on x64 Linux after the 0.36.1 release.

AIX systems

For AIX® on IBM® POWER®, the following hardware is supported:

  • IBM POWER7
  • IBM POWER8®
  • IBM POWER9™
  • IBM Power10

Notes:

  • 1. IBM Power10 is supported only in Power9 compatibility mode on 11.0.12.1 and later versions for AIX 7.2.
  • 2. IBM Power10 is supported for AIX 7.3 starting with 11.0.13.0.

The following table shows the operating systems supported for each platform architecture.

AIX ppc64
AIX 7.2 TL5 Yes
AIX 7.3 TL0 Yes

Important: IBM Semeru Runtimes, Version 11 on AIX require the 16.1.0.7 or later, XL C++ Runtime.

Notes:

  • 1. AIX 7.2 is supported only on IBM POWER 7 and later processors.
  • 2. AIX 7.3 is supported only on IBM POWER 8 and later processors.

macOS systems

macOS® x64 AArch64
OS X 10.11+ Yes No
macOS 11 Yes Yes
macOS 12 Yes Yes
macOS 13 Yes Yes

Windows systems

Windows® x64
Windows 10 Yes
Windows 11 Yes
Windows Server 2016 Yes
Windows Server 2019 Yes
Windows Server 2022 Yes

IBM i

Refer to the Java on IBM i hardware support matrix.

z/OS

Refer to Java SDK Products on z/OS.

Linux systems

There are a number of distributions provided for the Linux® operating system.

For Linux, the following platform architectures are supported:

Linux on IBM Z

  • IBM z16™
  • IBM z15™
  • IBM z14
  • IBM z13®
  • IBM zEnterprise® EC12
  • IBM zEnterprise BC12
  • IBM zEnterprise 114
  • IBM zEnterprise 196

Linux on IBM POWER

  • IBM POWER8®
  • IBM POWER9™
  • IBM Power10

Linux on x86

  • x86-32
  • x86-64

Linux on ARM

  • AArch64

The following table shows the operating systems supported for each platform architecture.

Linux AArch64 x64 ppc64le Z64
CentOS 6.10 (see note 1) No Yes No No
CentOS 7.9 Yes Yes Yes No
CentOS Stream 8 Yes Yes Yes No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 No Yes No No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP 5 No Yes Yes Yes
Ubuntu 20.04 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ubuntu 22.04 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Notes:

  • 1. Support for CentOS 6.10 on x64 Linux is deprecated and might be removed in a future release. OpenJ9 will not be tested with CentOS 6.10 on x64 Linux after the 0.36.1 release.

AIX systems

For AIX® on IBM® POWER®, the following hardware is supported:

  • IBM POWER7
  • IBM POWER8®
  • IBM POWER9™
  • IBM Power10

Note: IBM Power10 is supported only in Power9 compatibility mode on 8.0.302.1 and later versions for AIX 7.2.

The following table shows the operating systems supported for each platform architecture.

AIX ppc64
AIX 7.2 TL5 Yes
AIX 7.3 TL0 Yes

Important: IBM Semeru Runtimes, Version 8 on AIX require the 16.1.0.7 or later, XL C++ Runtime.

Notes:

  • 1. AIX 7.2 is supported only on IBM POWER 7 and later processors.
  • 2. AIX 7.3 is supported only on IBM POWER 8 and later processors.

macOS systems

macOS® x64
OS X 10.10.0+ Yes
macOS 11 Yes
macOS 12 Yes
macOS 13 Yes

Windows systems

Windows® x64 x32
Windows 10 Yes Yes
Windows 11 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2012 R2 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2016 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2019 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2022 Yes Yes

IBM i

Refer to the Java on IBM i hardware support matrix.

z/OS

Refer to Java SDK Products on z/OS.

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