End-Of-Service Information
IBM partnership with 21st Century Software
IBM has licensed the source code for current releases of IBM z/VSE and most of the stack components to 21st Century Software.
What IBM z/VSE customers should consider
IBM strongly suggests that customers who need a serviceable environment plan to move to an alternative solution. For customers wishing to remain on a VSE platform, 21st Century Software offers derivative VSE products.
Attention:
z/VSE 6.2 End-Of-Service effective date is 2023/09/30, see announcement letter from 2022/08/02.