[gpfsug-discuss] RHEL7 support

[Norbert Schuld]

The statement I made is only for Storage Scale Software, Storage Scale Systems (aka DSS, ESS) will be supported till their EOL with the OS they ship.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards
Norbert Schuld

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If anyone knows what Lenovo is going to do regarding this and gen 1 DSS systems that are back on DSS-G 2.x, I’d be interested to know to plan. I will still have one of those next year theoretically. 

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> On Jun 13, 2023, at 12:32, Norbert Schuld <NSCHULD at de.ibm.com> wrote:
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> Hello Jonathan,
> 
> the plan as of today is to support RHEL 7 until it hits end of "Maintenance 2 support" in End of June next year.
> (see 
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> Furthermore the next release, which will be EUS, is likely to be the last one to support RHEL 7 and starting next year Storage Scale may require RHEL 8 or newer.
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> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Norbert Schuld
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gpfsug-discuss <gpfsug-discuss-bounces at gpfsug.org> On Behalf Of 
> Jonathan Buzzard
> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2023 10:53 PM
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> 
> I am looking at the tasks for the next year in removing our last
> RHEL7/CentOS7 installs and am wondering if it is planned for GPFS support to continue to the end of RHEL7 support?
> 
> I have a recollection that GPFS support for RHEL6 stopped before the end of support for RHEL6, and if the same is going to happen with RHEL7 I would help to know for scheduling things over the next 12 months.
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> 
> JAB.
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