IBM I 7.1 manual IBM i Life Cycle, Upgrade, paths, Service

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IBM i Life Cycle

IBM i	06	07	08		09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16		IBM i
													Upgrade
														paths
V5R2
V5R3
5.4*
6.1*
7.1*
				*The projected date for the service of IBM i releases is based on current IBM
		Service		planning assumptions. Note that it is IBM’s current practice to support an IBM i
				release until the next two releases have been made available, plus twenty four

months. IBM’s plans and directions are subject to change without notice.

The effective withdrawal from marketing date for IBM i 5.4, and additional selected programs and features, as announced in Software withdrawal 909-003, dated January 27, 2009, has been revised. Withdrawal Announcement 909-285, dated November 10, 2009, has extended marketing availability for IBM i 5.4 from January 5, 2010, to January 7, 2011. This enables systems that may still be running on IBM i 5.2 or 5.3 with the option to still order 5.4 and then perform a two step upgrade.

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