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End of normal support for VIOS 3.1.4 is 2026-04-30

  • 1.  End of normal support for VIOS 3.1.4 is 2026-04-30

    Posted Tue February 11, 2025 09:00 AM
    End of normal support for VIOS 3.1.4 is 2026-04-30
     
    IBM Software Support Services - Service Extension for IBM PowerVM VIOS 3.1.4
    https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/powervm-314-service-extension
     
    The IBM PowerVM 3.1.4 VIOS full support period, including coverage for new defect fixes, will start on 1 May 2026, and will be available for 2 years, until 30 April 2028.
     
    I guess the following is no longer an "estimate".
    https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/715887?mhsrc=ibmsearch_a&mhq=vios%20lifecycle
     
    Took some serious twisting of my decoder ring to find the right search at
    https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/lifecycle/search?q=PowerVM
     
    So, what are the odds that Power 11 will require PowerVM 4?  100%?  Might as well get used to it now?
     


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    Robert Berendt IBMChampion
    Business Systems Analyst, Lead
    Dekko
    Fort Wayne
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