More security issues with IBM i 7.1 – IBM is no longer updating Apache 2.2 on i 7.1.

Current Windows 10 desktops only support SMBv2, which means you won’t be able to map a Windows 10 drive to an IBM i 7.1 file share, if you’re current on Windows 10 updates. Microsoft stopped supporting SMBv1 with the Fall 2017 Windows 10 Creators update (version 1709).

No NetServer 7.1 file share support under current versions of Windows 10 – IBM i 7.1 NetServer only supports Server Message Block protocol SMBv1.

You can view a list of IBM i products that are eligible for extended support and the dates they are still supported through at this link. While you can purchase extended support under IBM Service Extension, support for IBM licensed packages will be limited to Usage and Known Defect support only.

IBM is withdrawing support for all licensed IBM i programs licensed under 7.1, unless you (again) purchase IBM Service Extension support for i 7.1 – i 7.1 licensed programs are withdrawn and they are no longer updated under SWMA.

So if you need continued support for IBM i 7.1, you’ll pay about double what covered users are paying. Extended support will cost customers as much as a 97% premium over the cost of obtaining regular SWMA support for IBM i 7.2 or 7.3.

Higher OS costs – IBM Service Extension maintenance is not cheap.

Unless you buy a Service Extension contract, you won’t be able to obtain tech support for i 7.1 defects that may affect your processing.

For organizations that still need support, customers can purchase an IBM Software Support – Service Extension contract for extended IBM i 7.1 support. No more normal Software Maintenance – IBM is no longer providing normal Software Maintenance (SWMA) for the IBM i 7.1 OS.

Here are six risks and costs that companies who continue to run IBM i 7.1 software face if they don’t upgrade their operating systems to i 7.2 or 7.3. Now that it’s reached end of life, there are risks in continuing to run IBM i 7.1 on older POWER hardware, and these risks can significantly affect your business when trouble occurs. However, just because you can continue running IBM i 7.1 on existing hardware, doesn’t mean you should continue using it. Nothing has outwardly changed for i 7.1 shops, even though IBM has declared i 7.1 as end of life. Partitions running i 7.1 have continued to run on their existing hardware, and i 7.1 partitions are still running in many organizations. The IBM i 7.1 operating system reached end of life (EOL) on April 30, 2018, and IBM is no longer supporting i 7.1 OS.īut what does reaching EOL mean for shops that are still running i 7.1? i 7.1 didn’t magically stop working on April 30 th.

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