OS Product Life Cycle Patterns - Extended Data Pack 2010-Dec-1


This page lists all software products that have product life cycle date patterns included in the Extended Pack 2010-Dec-1. The list comprises of data for:

  • 11 publishers
  • 17 operating systems
  • 177 operating system versions

How OS Product Life Cycle Data Can Help You

You can use BMC Atrium Discovery and OS Support Date data to:

  • Identify operating systems that are exposed to security / stability risks as they are no longer supported by patch updates
  • Identify operating systems that you may be paying a premium maintenance subscription for
  • Identify operating systems that are no longer shipping so may increase costs and risks associated with variance

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OS Product Lifecycle Analysis Dashboard

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Product Life Cycle Terminology

The product life cycle dates include the following milestones where made available and used by the publisher. Note some publisher use different terminology and definitions, in these cases we have aligned to the closest matching definition.
 software.

  • End Of Life (EOL) - at this milestone the publisher will stop shipping the particular version of the operating system
  • End Of Support (EOS) - at this milestone the publisher will stop providing patch updates for the particular version of the operating system
  • End Of Extended Support (EOES) - at this milestone the publisher will stop providing support for the particular version of operating system.

Microsoft

Publisher

Operating System

Version

Edition

Microsoft

Windows

95

Microsoft

Windows

98

Microsoft

Windows

2000

Microsoft

Windows

2000

Professional

Microsoft

Windows

2000

Advanced Server

Microsoft

Windows

2000

Datacenter Server

Microsoft

Windows

2000

Server

Microsoft

Windows

Me

Microsoft

Windows

NT 3.51

Server

Microsoft

Windows

NT 3.51

Workstation

Microsoft

Windows

NT 3.51

Microsoft

Windows

NT 4.0

Microsoft

Windows

NT 4.0

Workstation

Microsoft

Windows

NT 4.0

Server

Microsoft

Windows

Server 2003

Microsoft

Windows

Server 2003

Datacenter Edition

Microsoft

Windows

Server 2003

Enterprise Edition

Microsoft

Windows

Server 2003

Standard Edition

Microsoft

Windows

Server 2003

Web Edition

Microsoft

Windows

Server 2003

Datacenter x64 Edition

Microsoft

Windows

Server 2003

Enterprise x64 Edition

Microsoft

Windows

Server 2003

Standard x64 Edition

Microsoft

Windows

Server 2003

Web x64 Edition

Microsoft

Windows

Server 2008

Microsoft

Windows

Server 2008

Standard Edition Without Hyper-V

Microsoft

Windows

Server 2008

Enterprise Edition Without Hyper-V

Microsoft

Windows

Vista

Microsoft

Windows

Vista

Business

Microsoft

Windows

Vista

Enterprise

Microsoft

Windows

Vista

Ultimate

Microsoft

Windows

Vista

Home Premium

Microsoft

Windows

Vista

Home Basic

Microsoft

Windows

XP

Professional

Microsoft

Windows

XP

Home

Microsoft

Windows

XP

HP

Publisher

Operating System

Version

Edition

HP

HP-UX

9.04

HP

HP-UX

10.01

HP

HP-UX

10.1

HP

HP-UX

10.2

HP

HP-UX

10.3

HP

HP-UX

11

HP

HP-UX

11i

v1.5

HP

HP-UX

11i

v1.6

HP

HP-UX

11i

v1

HP

HP-UX

11i

v2

HP

HP-UX

11i

v3

HP

OpenVMS

7.2

HP

OpenVMS

7.3

HP

OpenVMS

7.2-1

HP

OpenVMS

7.2-1H1

HP

OpenVMS

7.2-2

HP

OpenVMS

7.3-1

HP

OpenVMS

7.3-2

HP

Tru64 UNIX

4.0

HP

Tru64 UNIX

5.0

HP

Tru64 UNIX

5.1

IBM

Note: AIX 5.3 and AIX 6.1 will show as No Data in BMC Atrium Discovery as IBM have currently not published end of support dates for these releases.

Publisher

Operating System

Version

Edition

IBM

AIX

4.1

IBM

AIX

4.2

IBM

AIX

4.3

IBM

AIX

5.1

IBM

AIX

5.2

IBM

AIX

3.2.5

Sun

Note: Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 will show as No Data in BMC Atrium Discovery as Sun have currently not published end of support dates for these releases.

Publisher

Operating System

Version

Edition

Sun Microsystems

Solaris

2.3

Sun Microsystems

Solaris

2.4

Sun Microsystems

Solaris

2.5

Sun Microsystems

Solaris

2.5.1

Sun Microsystems

Solaris

2.6

Sun Microsystems

Solaris

7

Sun Microsystems

Solaris

8

Sun Microsystems

Solaris

9

Red Hat

Publisher

Operating System

Version

Edition

Red Hat

Fedora Linux

7

Red Hat

Fedora Linux

Core 1

Red Hat

Fedora Linux

Core 2

Red Hat

Fedora Linux

Core 3

Red Hat

Fedora Linux

Core 4

Red Hat

Fedora Linux

Core 5

Red Hat

Fedora Linux

Core 6

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

2.1

Advanced Server

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

2.1

Enterprise Server

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

2.1

Workstation

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

3

Advanced Server

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

3

Enterprise Server

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

3

Workstation

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

3

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

4

Advanced Server

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

4

Enterprise Server

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

4

Workstation

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

4

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

5

Server

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

5

Client

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

5

Red Hat

Red Hat Linux

2.1

Advanced Server

Red Hat

Red Hat Linux

8.0

Red Hat

Red Hat Linux

9

VMWare

Publisher

Operating System

Version

Edition

VMware

ESX Server

2.5.0

VMware

ESX Server

2.5.1

VMware

ESX Server

2.5.2

VMware

ESX Server

2.5.3

VMware

ESX Server

2.5.4

VMware

ESX Server

2.5.5

VMware

ESX Server

3.0.0

VMware

ESX Server

3.0.1

VMware

ESX Server

3.0.2

VMware

ESX Server

3.0.3

VMware

ESX Server

3.5.0

VMware

ESX Server

3.5.1

VMware

ESX Server

3.5.2

Novell

Publisher

Operating System

Version

Edition

Novell

NetWare

5.0

Novell

NetWare

5.1

Novell

NetWare

5.6

Novell

NetWare

6.0

Novell

NetWare

6.5

Novell

SUSE Linux

7.2

Novell

SUSE Linux

7.3

Novell

SUSE Linux

8.0

Novell

SUSE Linux

9.0

Novell

SUSE Linux

10.0

CentOS

Publisher

Operating System

Version

Edition

CentOS

Linux

2.0

CentOS

Linux

3.1

CentOS

Linux

3.4

CentOS

Linux

3.7

CentOS

Linux

3.8

CentOS

Linux

4.3

CentOS

Linux

4.6

CentOS

Linux

4.7

CentOS

Linux

5.0

CentOS

Linux

5.1

CentOS

Linux

5.2

Canonical

Publisher

Operating System

Version

Edition

Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

4.10

Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

5.04

Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

5.10

Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

6.06

Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

6.10

Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

7.04

Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

7.10

Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

8.04

Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

8.10

Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

9.04

Debian Project

Publisher

Operating System

Version

Edition

Debian Project

Debian Linux

1.1

Debian Project

Debian Linux

1.2

Debian Project

Debian Linux

1.3

Debian Project

Debian Linux

2.0

Debian Project

Debian Linux

2.1

Debian Project

Debian Linux

2.2

Debian Project

Debian Linux

3.0

Debian Project

Debian Linux

3.1

Debian Project

Debian Linux

4.0

FreeBSD Foundation

Publisher

Operating System

Version

Edition

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

4.0

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

4.10

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

4.1

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

4.11

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

4.2

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

4.3

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

4.4

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

4.5

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

4.6

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

4.7

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

4.8

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

4.9

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

5.3

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

5.4

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

5.5

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

6.0

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

6.1

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

6.2

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

6.3

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

6.4

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

7.0

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD

4.1.1

OpenBSD Foundation

Publisher

Operating System

Version

Edition

OpenBSD Foundation

OpenBSD

2.9

OpenBSD Foundation

OpenBSD

3.0

OpenBSD Foundation

OpenBSD

3.1

OpenBSD Foundation

OpenBSD

3.2

OpenBSD Foundation

OpenBSD

3.3

OpenBSD Foundation

OpenBSD

3.4

OpenBSD Foundation

OpenBSD

3.5

OpenBSD Foundation

OpenBSD

3.7

OpenBSD Foundation

OpenBSD

3.8

 

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