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Status Delivered
Created by Guest
Created on May 24, 2023

Inclusion of GA Dates in current state inventory reporting.

This request is to include software version GA dates in the inventory reporting, to give clients a view of lifecycle trends (ie; dates GA and OOS), so that clients are better able to select target versions to obtain maximum benefit from the effort expended to roll a product version out across their environments, and to better assess their ability to meet End of Life, “N” or “N-1” requirements.

This data will allow clients to make more informed decisions when planning their software roll-outs, based on current and previous software lifecycle information.

Idea priority Urgent
  • Admin
    Ashok Mahay
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    Jan 31, 2024

    Hello, thank you for opening this product enhancement request. I am pleased to announce this enhancement has been delivered with IBM Z Software Asset Management 8.3.

    The new features and capabilities are listed in this webpage:

    https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zsam/8.3.0?topic=overview-whats-new-in-83

    Please reach out if you have any further questions.

    IBM Product Management.