April 13, 2010
IBM i 7.1 OS support by Vision Products
This announcement addresses Vision Solutions' plan for IBM i 7.1 OS support
for MIMIX, ORION Solutions, iTERA HA, RecoverNow, dr1, Data Manager,
Director, and Replicate1.
Overview
IBM has announced IBM i 7.1 OS, which will be GA on April 23, 2010.
Note
IBM announced End of Program Support for V5R3 as of April 30, 2009. Customers on V5R3 and
lower versions of the operating system should plan on upgrading to V5R4 or higher. Also, IBM has announced End of Marketing for V5R4 as of January 7, 2011.
Compatibility
The current GA releases for Vision products will be certified by Vision for IBM i 7.1 OS compatibility
on the dates noted below. Any changes that may be required to support IBM i 7.1 OS will be delivered in the timeframes below via a service pack or patches/PTFs over the latest service pack, or some combination of the two.
See the following compatibility table for the certified release, SP, and PTFs required.