Description:
September 07, 2012

TIBCO will officially end support for releases 5.0.0 and 5.1.0 of TIBCO Object Service Broker and its associated Service Gateways on Sept. 30, 2013.

The purpose of this notification is to officially communicate this policy and request that you migrate, as soon as possible, to a supported release of the product. Check the TIBCO Product Download Site (http://download.tibco.com) for the most recent release when planning your upgrade.

Until the retirement date, Support will answer product questions, but enhancements and service pack releases will not be provided.

Service Requests on 5.0.0 and 5.1.0 will no longer be accepted after Sept. 30, 2013. Service Requests under investigation for the releases being retired will be closed as of the retirement date, Sept. 30, 2013. TIBCO Support Knowledge Base articles will continue to be available from the TIBCO Support Web and existing hot fixes will continue to be available from the TIBCO Product Support ftp server to all customers beyond the retirement date.

This announcement applies to the following product versions:

TIBCO Object Service Broker for Open Systems v5.0.0
TIBCO Object Service Broker for z/OS v5.0.0
TIBCO Service Gateway for CICS v5.0.0
TIBCO Service Gateway for DB2 v5.0.0
TIBCO Service Gateway for Files (Open Systems) v5.0.0
TIBCO Service Gateway for Files (Open Systems)  v5.1.0
TIBCO Service Gateway for Files (zOS) v5.0.0
TIBCO Service Gateway for Files (zOS) v5.1.0
TIBCO Service Gateway for IDMS/DB v5.0.0
TIBCO Service Gateway for IMS TM v5.0.0
TIBCO Service Gateway for IMS/DB v5.0.0
TIBCO Service Gateway for ODBC (Open Systems) v5.0.0
TIBCO Service Gateway for Oracle (Open Systems) v5.0.0
TIBCO Service Gateway for WMQ (Open Systems) v5.0.0
TIBCO Service Gateway for WMQ (zOS) v5.0.0

Please contact TIBCO Support for any clarifications regarding this support policy.