Hello Gurus,

Does anyone knows what is the schedule of v12 LTS on premises ?

Thanks,

Best regards,

German

Hi German,

To my knowledge, there is no LTS date announced for Cognos Analytics v12.0 release.

Best regards,

Hello Gurus,

Does anyone knows what is the schedule of v12 LTS on premises ?

Thanks,

Best regards,

German

Hi,

my knowledge re this topic is that IBM discontinued to mark versions as "LTS" releases. The term will vanish from the IBM website. The reason is that each minor or major release is/should be stable enough for production. Speaking of CA 12.0 version 12.0.4 is the last one for this release and 12.1.x will follow.

Hi German,

To my knowledge, there is no LTS date announced for Cognos Analytics v12.0 release.

Best regards,

Hello Gurus,

Does anyone knows what is the schedule of v12 LTS on premises ?

Thanks,

Best regards,

German

Thank you very much Patrick and Robert for your answers. 

That's a very interesting point Robert and I find that this LTS label did help to product management in house.

Now IBM could ask to update to any major release at any time if a bug is detected. So it is not a good news for us.

Thank you again for your answer. 

Best regards.

Hi,

my knowledge re this topic is that IBM discontinued to mark versions as "LTS" releases. The term will vanish from the IBM website. The reason is that each minor or major release is/should be stable enough for production. Speaking of CA 12.0 version 12.0.4 is the last one for this release and 12.1.x will follow.

Hi German,

To my knowledge, there is no LTS date announced for Cognos Analytics v12.0 release.

Best regards,

Hello Gurus,

Does anyone knows what is the schedule of v12 LTS on premises ?

Thanks,

Best regards,

German

What's more interesting is 11.2.4 was supposed to be the last LTS.  However with FixPack 5 they included new code for generating PDFs that was included in 12.0.4, which unfortunately requires a few new MIME types added in IIS.  Since I always do a full uninstall/reinstall including running the IIS config script, we were unaffected.  But there were tickets open that without the new MIME types added to IIS, some PDFs were rendered blank.

I was surprised IBM would include a major change like that in a FixPack that the majority of which was just supposed to be security vulnerability fixes.

Ever since we moved from Cognos 10.2.2 to IBM Analytics 11.x, we've only applied FixPacks when when we were planning to go to a new version (like we are now with 11.2.4) and always do THOROUGH testing.  It's amazing what gets broken by a seemingly straight-forward fixpack and we'd gotten burned a few times.

So the fact that they're not even going to attempt to release a more "stable" version does not bode well and is probably going to make people upgrade only when they absolutely have to - ie: the version no longer suppored.

Wayne

Thank you very much Patrick and Robert for your answers. 

That's a very interesting point Robert and I find that this LTS label did help to product management in house.

Now IBM could ask to update to any major release at any time if a bug is detected. So it is not a good news for us.

Thank you again for your answer. 

Best regards.

Hi,

my knowledge re this topic is that IBM discontinued to mark versions as "LTS" releases. The term will vanish from the IBM website. The reason is that each minor or major release is/should be stable enough for production. Speaking of CA 12.0 version 12.0.4 is the last one for this release and 12.1.x will follow.

Hi German,

To my knowledge, there is no LTS date announced for Cognos Analytics v12.0 release.

Best regards,

Hello Gurus,

Does anyone knows what is the schedule of v12 LTS on premises ?

Thanks,

Best regards,

German

What's more interesting is 11.2.4 was supposed to be the last LTS.  However with FixPack 5 they included new code for generating PDFs that was included in 12.0.4, which unfortunately requires a few new MIME types added in IIS.  Since I always do a full uninstall/reinstall including running the IIS config script, we were unaffected.  But there were tickets open that without the new MIME types added to IIS, some PDFs were rendered blank.

I was surprised IBM would include a major change like that in a FixPack that the majority of which was just supposed to be security vulnerability fixes.

Ever since we moved from Cognos 10.2.2 to IBM Analytics 11.x, we've only applied FixPacks when when we were planning to go to a new version (like we are now with 11.2.4) and always do THOROUGH testing.  It's amazing what gets broken by a seemingly straight-forward fixpack and we'd gotten burned a few times.

So the fact that they're not even going to attempt to release a more "stable" version does not bode well and is probably going to make people upgrade only when they absolutely have to - ie: the version no longer suppored.

Wayne

Thank you very much Patrick and Robert for your answers. 

That's a very interesting point Robert and I find that this LTS label did help to product management in house.

Now IBM could ask to update to any major release at any time if a bug is detected. So it is not a good news for us.

Thank you again for your answer. 

Best regards.

Hi,

my knowledge re this topic is that IBM discontinued to mark versions as "LTS" releases. The term will vanish from the IBM website. The reason is that each minor or major release is/should be stable enough for production. Speaking of CA 12.0 version 12.0.4 is the last one for this release and 12.1.x will follow.

Hi German,

To my knowledge, there is no LTS date announced for Cognos Analytics v12.0 release.

Best regards,

Hello Gurus,

Does anyone knows what is the schedule of v12 LTS on premises ?

Thanks,

Best regards,

German

What's more interesting is 11.2.4 was supposed to be the last LTS.  However with FixPack 5 they included new code for generating PDFs that was included in 12.0.4, which unfortunately requires a few new MIME types added in IIS.  Since I always do a full uninstall/reinstall including running the IIS config script, we were unaffected.  But there were tickets open that without the new MIME types added to IIS, some PDFs were rendered blank.

I was surprised IBM would include a major change like that in a FixPack that the majority of which was just supposed to be security vulnerability fixes.

Ever since we moved from Cognos 10.2.2 to IBM Analytics 11.x, we've only applied FixPacks when when we were planning to go to a new version (like we are now with 11.2.4) and always do THOROUGH testing.  It's amazing what gets broken by a seemingly straight-forward fixpack and we'd gotten burned a few times.

So the fact that they're not even going to attempt to release a more "stable" version does not bode well and is probably going to make people upgrade only when they absolutely have to - ie: the version no longer suppored.

Wayne

Thank you very much Patrick and Robert for your answers. 

That's a very interesting point Robert and I find that this LTS label did help to product management in house.

Now IBM could ask to update to any major release at any time if a bug is detected. So it is not a good news for us.

Thank you again for your answer. 

Best regards.

Hi,

my knowledge re this topic is that IBM discontinued to mark versions as "LTS" releases. The term will vanish from the IBM website. The reason is that each minor or major release is/should be stable enough for production. Speaking of CA 12.0 version 12.0.4 is the last one for this release and 12.1.x will follow.

Hi German,

To my knowledge, there is no LTS date announced for Cognos Analytics v12.0 release.

Best regards,

Hello Gurus,

Does anyone knows what is the schedule of v12 LTS on premises ?

Thanks,

Best regards,

German

I am also asking the group for any info and advice before in house upgrade.   

We also need to upgrade to Cognos v12.x.x from v11.2.4.  We were waiting for an LTS version and finally looked to see why it was taking so long.  Now, I am still figuring out what is replacing that level.  We are too small to install and test every small fix pack released.  In the past, we only installed the LTS versions for each major release level.  Not so much for whether there is support, just not to have to install evey fix pack.

1)  Are there any issues going directly from Cognos v11.2.4 LTS to any particular version of Cognos 12.0.x?  We are assuming OK to keep waiting on v12.1.x since it just arrived.

2)  Is there a suggested version for Cognos v12.0.x that is more "stable", if we need to install fix packs?

3)  I can't tell but it sounds like IBM is planning/expecting that users will need to install every fix pack for every new release level.  Can anyone confirm?

Thank you in advance!

What's more interesting is 11.2.4 was supposed to be the last LTS.  However with FixPack 5 they included new code for generating PDFs that was included in 12.0.4, which unfortunately requires a few new MIME types added in IIS.  Since I always do a full uninstall/reinstall including running the IIS config script, we were unaffected.  But there were tickets open that without the new MIME types added to IIS, some PDFs were rendered blank.

I was surprised IBM would include a major change like that in a FixPack that the majority of which was just supposed to be security vulnerability fixes.

Ever since we moved from Cognos 10.2.2 to IBM Analytics 11.x, we've only applied FixPacks when when we were planning to go to a new version (like we are now with 11.2.4) and always do THOROUGH testing.  It's amazing what gets broken by a seemingly straight-forward fixpack and we'd gotten burned a few times.

So the fact that they're not even going to attempt to release a more "stable" version does not bode well and is probably going to make people upgrade only when they absolutely have to - ie: the version no longer suppored.

Wayne

Thank you very much Patrick and Robert for your answers. 

That's a very interesting point Robert and I find that this LTS label did help to product management in house.

Now IBM could ask to update to any major release at any time if a bug is detected. So it is not a good news for us.

Thank you again for your answer. 

Best regards.

Hi,

my knowledge re this topic is that IBM discontinued to mark versions as "LTS" releases. The term will vanish from the IBM website. The reason is that each minor or major release is/should be stable enough for production. Speaking of CA 12.0 version 12.0.4 is the last one for this release and 12.1.x will follow.

Hi German,

To my knowledge, there is no LTS date announced for Cognos Analytics v12.0 release.

Best regards,

Hello Gurus,

Does anyone knows what is the schedule of v12 LTS on premises ?

Thanks,

Best regards,

German

Hi Sue,

For answer #1, you need to make sure to read everything about Removed and deprecated features in 12.1.x - IBM Documentation and also Removed and deprecated features in 12.0.x - IBM Documentation. For instance, Query Studio is not supported with v12.x releases so it could be an issue for some customers.

For answer #2, you need to update with fixpack (FP) or interim pack (IP) according to new security bulletins from IBM (Security Bulletins - Security Bulletins - IBM Support).

For answer #3, I don't know what IBM is expecting but you are probably expected by your security team to update Cognos if there is a security bulletin.

Best regards,

I am also asking the group for any info and advice before in house upgrade.   

We also need to upgrade to Cognos v12.x.x from v11.2.4.  We were waiting for an LTS version and finally looked to see why it was taking so long.  Now, I am still figuring out what is replacing that level.  We are too small to install and test every small fix pack released.  In the past, we only installed the LTS versions for each major release level.  Not so much for whether there is support, just not to have to install evey fix pack.

1)  Are there any issues going directly from Cognos v11.2.4 LTS to any particular version of Cognos 12.0.x?  We are assuming OK to keep waiting on v12.1.x since it just arrived.

2)  Is there a suggested version for Cognos v12.0.x that is more "stable", if we need to install fix packs?

3)  I can't tell but it sounds like IBM is planning/expecting that users will need to install every fix pack for every new release level.  Can anyone confirm?

Thank you in advance!

What's more interesting is 11.2.4 was supposed to be the last LTS.  However with FixPack 5 they included new code for generating PDFs that was included in 12.0.4, which unfortunately requires a few new MIME types added in IIS.  Since I always do a full uninstall/reinstall including running the IIS config script, we were unaffected.  But there were tickets open that without the new MIME types added to IIS, some PDFs were rendered blank.

I was surprised IBM would include a major change like that in a FixPack that the majority of which was just supposed to be security vulnerability fixes.

Ever since we moved from Cognos 10.2.2 to IBM Analytics 11.x, we've only applied FixPacks when when we were planning to go to a new version (like we are now with 11.2.4) and always do THOROUGH testing.  It's amazing what gets broken by a seemingly straight-forward fixpack and we'd gotten burned a few times.

So the fact that they're not even going to attempt to release a more "stable" version does not bode well and is probably going to make people upgrade only when they absolutely have to - ie: the version no longer suppored.

Wayne

Thank you very much Patrick and Robert for your answers. 

That's a very interesting point Robert and I find that this LTS label did help to product management in house.

Now IBM could ask to update to any major release at any time if a bug is detected. So it is not a good news for us.

Thank you again for your answer. 

Best regards.

Hi,

my knowledge re this topic is that IBM discontinued to mark versions as "LTS" releases. The term will vanish from the IBM website. The reason is that each minor or major release is/should be stable enough for production. Speaking of CA 12.0 version 12.0.4 is the last one for this release and 12.1.x will follow.

Hi German,

To my knowledge, there is no LTS date announced for Cognos Analytics v12.0 release.

Best regards,

Hello Gurus,

Does anyone knows what is the schedule of v12 LTS on premises ?

Thanks,

Best regards,

German

Thank you very much Patrick and Robert for your answers. 

That's a very interesting point Robert and I find that this LTS label did help to product management in house.

Now IBM could ask to update to any major release at any time if a bug is detected. So it is not a good news for us.

Thank you again for your answer. 

Best regards.

Hi,

my knowledge re this topic is that IBM discontinued to mark versions as "LTS" releases. The term will vanish from the IBM website. The reason is that each minor or major release is/should be stable enough for production. Speaking of CA 12.0 version 12.0.4 is the last one for this release and 12.1.x will follow.

Hi German,

To my knowledge, there is no LTS date announced for Cognos Analytics v12.0 release.

Best regards,

Hello Gurus,

Does anyone knows what is the schedule of v12 LTS on premises ?

Thanks,

Best regards,

German

Best way to find out is to ask IBM themselves and we know that those in the know see and reply to this forum.

So IBM, would you be able to confirm the position around LTS releases please, are they remaining or is the process changing?

Thank you very much Patrick and Robert for your answers. 

That's a very interesting point Robert and I find that this LTS label did help to product management in house.

Now IBM could ask to update to any major release at any time if a bug is detected. So it is not a good news for us.

Thank you again for your answer. 

Best regards.

Hi,

my knowledge re this topic is that IBM discontinued to mark versions as "LTS" releases. The term will vanish from the IBM website. The reason is that each minor or major release is/should be stable enough for production. Speaking of CA 12.0 version 12.0.4 is the last one for this release and 12.1.x will follow.

Hi German,

To my knowledge, there is no LTS date announced for Cognos Analytics v12.0 release.

Best regards,

Hello Gurus,

Does anyone knows what is the schedule of v12 LTS on premises ?

Thanks,

Best regards,

German

Best way to find out is to ask IBM themselves and we know that those in the know see and reply to this forum.

So IBM, would you be able to confirm the position around LTS releases please, are they remaining or is the process changing?

Thank you very much Patrick and Robert for your answers. 

That's a very interesting point Robert and I find that this LTS label did help to product management in house.

Now IBM could ask to update to any major release at any time if a bug is detected. So it is not a good news for us.

Thank you again for your answer. 

Best regards.

Hi,

my knowledge re this topic is that IBM discontinued to mark versions as "LTS" releases. The term will vanish from the IBM website. The reason is that each minor or major release is/should be stable enough for production. Speaking of CA 12.0 version 12.0.4 is the last one for this release and 12.1.x will follow.

Hi German,

To my knowledge, there is no LTS date announced for Cognos Analytics v12.0 release.

Best regards,

Hello Gurus,

Does anyone knows what is the schedule of v12 LTS on premises ?

Thanks,

Best regards,

German

The LTS term will disappear as all versions are supported until the end of life notice is issued, so just depends on where you want to be in terms of functionality and features.

From the February AMA yesterday, 12.1 won't be available until late April or May

Andy

Best way to find out is to ask IBM themselves and we know that those in the know see and reply to this forum.

So IBM, would you be able to confirm the position around LTS releases please, are they remaining or is the process changing?

Thank you very much Patrick and Robert for your answers. 

That's a very interesting point Robert and I find that this LTS label did help to product management in house.

Now IBM could ask to update to any major release at any time if a bug is detected. So it is not a good news for us.

Thank you again for your answer. 

Best regards.

Hi,

my knowledge re this topic is that IBM discontinued to mark versions as "LTS" releases. The term will vanish from the IBM website. The reason is that each minor or major release is/should be stable enough for production. Speaking of CA 12.0 version 12.0.4 is the last one for this release and 12.1.x will follow.

Hi German,

To my knowledge, there is no LTS date announced for Cognos Analytics v12.0 release.

Best regards,

Hello Gurus,

Does anyone knows what is the schedule of v12 LTS on premises ?

Thanks,

Best regards,

German