Despite pleas that Fortra's GoAnywhere pay attention to IBM's long notice, well before 7.6 was announced that IBM i 7.5 was the last release to run Java 11,

and, despite pleas that Fortra's GoAnywhere participate in IBM Early Programs and jump right on testing to be ready for IBM i 7.6 when it's announced,

and, despite paying the ransom and going from $1,400/year to $5k/year to be eligible for the release that will run IBM i 7.6,

the latest news I've received is: 

GoAnywhere MFT needs Java 17 or Java 21, which is tentatively planned for MFT 8.0.0 scheduled for the first part of 2026. 
Development is working on this and this schedule may change depending on any issues they may run into.

Java 21 won't run on IBM i 7.4 and likely never will.  I couldn't care less about that though.  A level 8 might be a fine time to drop 7.4.  We'll see if GoAnywhere goes with 21 or 17.  17 has a short life expectancy though.  If it makes it to rNext I'd be surprised.  In that thought, GoAnywhere will likely choose that and leave us waiting another year or so after rNext comes out before they are ready.

I've looked at other products.  IBM was pretty honest with me and said, with our volume, we'd never get their solution through budget.

 

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Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne
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Well, I guess, after looking at the lack of Java 21 support for all but Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025, I'm betting that they do go with Java 17 at this time.  Since their solution is multiplatform, and all.  Maybe that will change, or maybe after a year or two more older servers will be replaced and Java 21 is more palatable.  I can accept 17, for now.  https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/products-doc-jdk17certconfig.html

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Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne
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Original Message:
Sent: Fri September 26, 2025 07:42 AM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: Fortra's GoAnywhere and IBM i 7.6

Despite pleas that Fortra's GoAnywhere pay attention to IBM's long notice, well before 7.6 was announced that IBM i 7.5 was the last release to run Java 11,

and, despite pleas that Fortra's GoAnywhere participate in IBM Early Programs and jump right on testing to be ready for IBM i 7.6 when it's announced,

and, despite paying the ransom and going from $1,400/year to $5k/year to be eligible for the release that will run IBM i 7.6,

the latest news I've received is: 

GoAnywhere MFT needs Java 17 or Java 21, which is tentatively planned for MFT 8.0.0 scheduled for the first part of 2026. 
Development is working on this and this schedule may change depending on any issues they may run into.

Java 21 won't run on IBM i 7.4 and likely never will.  I couldn't care less about that though.  A level 8 might be a fine time to drop 7.4.  We'll see if GoAnywhere goes with 21 or 17.  17 has a short life expectancy though.  If it makes it to rNext I'd be surprised.  In that thought, GoAnywhere will likely choose that and leave us waiting another year or so after rNext comes out before they are ready.

I've looked at other products.  IBM was pretty honest with me and said, with our volume, we'd never get their solution through budget.

 

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Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne
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