The lifecycle page is interesting, but it didn't give me anything I didn't already have. I'd already read the announcement before I made my original post, and while it is specific on pretty much everything else, even a couple of other operating systems that WAS ND won't be supported on anymore, it does not provide an actual position on operating systems it
will be supported on. Like I said before, even a "we haven't made a decision yet" would be enough, because it would actual be
A position, and one that IBM is clearly willing to take, given the stance on 2030. Even something to the tune of "we will support an OS until it reaches X stage of its lifecycle (End-of-Maintenance, End-of-Support, etc)" would be enough, which I would think shouldn't be too hard for RHEL, being that IBM owns it.
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Joshua Stinnett
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Original Message:
Sent: Thu September 22, 2022 04:20 AM
From: James Snooks
Subject: Trying to figure out support dates for WAS on RHEL
Hi Joshua,
The first place to go to answer any questions about support dates is the IBM Support Lifecycle page
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/lifecycle/search/?q=WebSphere%20application%20server
Currently you will see no specific dates listed for 8.5.x or 9.0.x because the dates have not been set yet, but if you click on the entry for either product it will direct you to the following announcement that explains the current position on WebSphere Application Server Support.
https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS220-128
Hope that helps!
James
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James Snooks
Technical Account Manager
IBM
Original Message:
Sent: Wed September 21, 2022 05:23 PM
From: Joshua Stinnett
Subject: Trying to figure out support dates for WAS on RHEL
I'm being asked to provide information on when WAS 8.5.5 & 9.0 will stop being supported on RHEL 6, 7, and 8 for the purpose of sorting out internal support agreements between different groups in my company. I'm not having much luck finding a straight answer on the topic. I've found lots of vague references and broken links, but nothing that comes right out and says "WAS is supported on X version until Y date." Even a "we haven't decided yet" would be enough, but I can't even find that much. I think I might have found some confirmation that RHEL 7 isn't supported anymore (which would knock 6 out, as well), but that was only implied in a citation that didn't lead to any actual statement.
Does anybody have any idea what the actual support dates are or what I need to do in order to figure them out?
Thanks in advance.
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Joshua Stinnett
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