Re: Power 8 EOS Question

Interesting.. when my IBM i phoned home when the hardware keys expired, I
asked a few questions on the ticket about May 31st and how HWSA would work
because the system would be EOS in May... I got this:

"You will have full coverage during May, the rest of the year is going to
be "Best Effort Available" this means if a part fails and we have it in
stock, it will be replaced business as usual, but if we don't have it
available we will need to search for other options to get the issue fixed."

Sounds fair enough to me. Still thinking about going onto the cloud. I
bet the power/electricity savings alone would be 1/4 or so of the cost.

On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 5:05 PM Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I couldn't find anything, but that would be kinda nice. :) I am
teetering on moving to the cloud. I contacted 3 companies and only one has
gotten back to me (and quickly with lots of details and very fast to answer
questions).


On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 5:02 PM Don Brown via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Brad,

I have HW and SW maintenance on the same machine through to 31/12/2024.

I think the EOS date changed ?

Thanks

Don





From: "Brad Stone" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>
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Date: 01/04/2024 05:42 AM
Subject: Power 8 EOS Question
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According to this IBM document:

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/services-withdrawal-declaration-plan-discontinue-lease-rental-maintenance-services-select-power-machines-some-replacements-available


My 41A will be EOS in May 31st, 2024.

My HWSA expired today (and of course I never got a renewal from IBM after
requesting one for the last couple of months and my system is complaining
about expired firmware keys).

If it is renewed, should it only be until May 31st, 2024?

I'm sure I'll find out, but I'm curious what others may have encountered.

Bradley V. Stone
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