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IBM Software Support Lifecycle

Product support lifecycle

The announcement letter dates below are US only. Information for other country announcements is available on the IBM Offering Information page.

Product name/comments Version/
Rel./Mod.
PID/
License type/
Policy
type1
General availability2/
End of marketing/
End of support
Last updated
DB2 for z/OS

9.1 5635-DB2
ICA
S
GA:
EOM:
EOS:

16-Mar-2007,207-041

09-Dec-2009
DB2 for z/OS

8.1 5625-DB2
ICA
S
GA:
EOM:
EOS:

26-Mar-2004,204-029
08-Sep-2009,908-280
10-Jun-2009
DB2 for OS/390 and z/OS

Comments: Replacement: DB2 for z/OS V8 (5625-DB2)

7.1 5675-DB2
ICA
S
GA:
EOM:
EOS:

30-Mar-2001,201-054
05-Mar-2007,906-254
30-Jun-2008,907-023
10-Jun-2009
DB2 for OS/390

6.1 5645-DB2
ICA
S
GA:
EOM:
EOS:

30-Jun-1998,299-154
04-Dec-2001,901-307
30-Jun-2005,904-021
10-Jun-2009
DB2 for OS/390


5.1 5655-DB2
ICA
S
GA:
EOM:
EOS:

27-Jun-1997,297-146
31-Dec-2001,901-184
31-Dec-2002,901-202
10-Jun-2009

1 The policy type column indicates whether IBM's standard ("S"), enhanced ("E") or other ("O") software support lifecycle policy applies to each product.

2 The General Availability (GA) date listed above is based on the latest date that a version/release of the product is available to all users, regardless of language or media.