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IBM i Life Cycle
Service
*The projected date for the service of IBM i releases is based on current IBM
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.
7.1*
V5R2
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5.4*
V5R3
IBM i
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IBM i
Upgrade
paths
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.