[gpfsug-discuss] GPFS 5 and supported rhel OS

[Carl Zetie - carlz@us.ibm.com]

So far we have not revisited the EOS date for 4.2.3, but I would not rule it out entirely if the lockdown continues well into the summer. If we did, the next likely EOS date would be April 30th. 

Even if we do postpone the date for 4.2.3, keep two other dates in mind for planning:

- RHEL 6 support is coming to an end in November. We won't support Scale with RHEL 6 once Red Hat stops supporting RHEL 6
- RHEL 7 will be supported with 5.0.5, but not "5.next", the release scheduled for the second half of 2020. So you'll need to plan to adopt RHEL 8 before upgrading to Scale "5.next"


As much as possible we are going to try to stick to our release cadence of twice a year even through these difficulties, including designating 5.0.5 for Extended Updates.

"Keep Calm and Scale Out".
  

 
 
Carl Zetie
Program Director
Offering Management 
Spectrum Scale
----
(919) 473 3318 ][ Research Triangle Park
carlz at us.ibm.com
 

   
    Message: 2
    Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:09:12 +0000
    From: Jonathan Buzzard <jonathan.buzzard at strath.ac.uk>
    To: gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org
    Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] GPFS 5 and supported rhel OS
    Message-ID: <91d02fd3-2af7-5880-e1f2-aaf9b1f8040a at strath.ac.uk>
    Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
    
    On 19/02/2020 23:34, Renata Maria Dart wrote:
    > Hi, I understand gpfs 4.2.3 is end of support this coming September.  
    
    A planning question at this stage. Do IBM intend to hold to this date or 
    is/could there be a relaxation due to COVID-19?
    
    Basically I was planning to do the upgrade this summer, but what with 
    working from home I am less keen to do a a 4.2.3 to 5.x upgrade while 
    not on hand to the actual hardware.
    
    Obviously if we have to we have to, just want to know where we stand.
    
    JAB.
    
    -- 
    Jonathan A. Buzzard                         Tel: +44141-5483420
    HPC System Administrator, ARCHIE-WeSt.
    University of Strathclyde, John Anderson Building, Glasgow. G4 0NG
    
    
    ------------------------------