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IBM i · 2008

IBM i 6.1 out of support

The release in which i5/OS becomes IBM i, and in which every program has to be converted to the new format.

Announced
29 January 2008
Available from
21 March 2008
End of marketing
9 December 2014
End of standard support
30 September 2015
End of paid extension
30 September 2019

Standard support Paid extension

What it brought

  • Announced in January 2008 as i5/OS V6R1; during 2008 i5/OS is renamed IBM i, and V5R4 and V6R1 become 5.4 and 6.1
  • The internal format of programs (*MODULE, *PGM, *SRVPGM, *SQLPKG) changes: moving to 6.1 they have to be converted, and the ANZOBJCVN command helps to prepare
  • Encryption of data on disk (encrypted ASPs) and of backups, manageable from BRMS too
  • IBM i as a client partition with virtual I/O, hosted by another IBM i partition or by VIOS; it reaches Power6 blades
  • IBM Systems Director Navigator for i: a browser-based management interface
  • RPG: THREAD(*CONCURRENT), the cycle-free program with MAIN, files declared inside procedures and passed as parameters
  • Library journaling and journaling started automatically
  • Much wider intrusion detection and prevention, and new security system values
  • 64-bit Java with IBM Technology for Java, and Integrated Web Services for i
  • Spooled files are converted to a new format: listing them all no longer blocks those creating or printing

Which machines it runs on

  • All Power5 and Power6 systems, and the 9406 models 800, 810, 825, 870 and 890

Sources

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