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Websydian Version Support Life Span

Introduction

The version support life plan allows us to concentrate our efforts on producing quality Websydian versions. This plan will be updated with each new version of Websydian.

We encourage our customers to consider the below dates as part of their development plan to upgrade to a supported Websydian, CA Plex version and OS/400 release if you have not already done so.

The plan consists of three sections:

Websydian Version Life Span

We will generally be providing four years of support for each version released of Websydian. We recommend strongly that our customers upgrade as soon as possible to the latest version.

When considering to upgrade web applications to newer versions of Plex and/or Websydian, please do not hesitate to  contact Websydian Support in order to discuss any issues related to particular versions of Plex and Websydian prior to performing the upgrade.

Websydian versions

Websydian Version CA Plex Version OS/400 Version Available Retirement Date
v6.5  v6.0, v6.1, v7.0 V5R4 and later April 2012 not set yet
v6.1 v5.5SP1 to v6.1 V5R3 and later*1  *2 July 2009 not set yet
v6.0 v5.0 to v6.0 V5R1 and later*1 *2 October 2007 1-Oct-2011
v5.7 v5.0 to v5.5 V5R1 to v5R4*1 October 2006 1-Oct-2010
v5.6 v5.0 to v5.5 V5R1 to v5R4*1 December 2005 1-Oct-2009
v5.5 v5.0 to v5.5 V5R1 to v5R4*1 August 2005 1-Oct-2008
v4.0 v4.0 to v5.1 V4R5 to v5R4*11 1-Mar-2003 1-Oct-2007
v3.1 v4.0 to v5.1 V4R5 to v5R4*1 16-May-2002 1-Mar-2005
v3.0 v4.0 to v5.1 V4R4 to v5R4*1 9-Jul-2001 1-Aug-2004
v2.5 v4.0 to v5.1 V4R3 to v5R4*1 3-Jan-2001 1-Aug-2003

*1 Running V5R4 or later requires Plex version 5.0 or later. Further information about CA Plex supported platforms read this document.

*2 Running V6R1 requires Plex version 6.0 or later and Websydian v6.0.

What version of Websydian is required for a specific Plex version

CA Plex Version Websydian Version
v7.0 v6.1, v6.5
v6.1 v6.1
v6.0 v6.0
v5.5SP1 v5.6, v6.0
v5.1 v4.0, v5.5 ,v6.0
v5.0 v4.0, v5.5, v6.0
v4.5 v4.0, v5.5
v4.0 v4.0, v5.5

WebsydianExpress Version Life Span

We will generally be providing three years of support for each version of WebsydianExpress. We recommend strongly that our customers upgrade as soon as possible to the latest version.

When considering to upgrade web applications to newer versions of Plex and/or Websydian, please do not hesitate to  contact Websydian Support in order to discuss any issues related to particular versions of Plex and Websydian prior to performing the upgrade.

WebsydianExpress Version CA Plex Version OS/400 Version Available platforms Available Retirement Date
v3.5 v6.1, v7.0 V5R4 and later Windows, Java, IBM i April 2012 not set yet
v3.0 v6.0 or v6.1 V5R3 and later Windows, Java, IBM i August 2009 1-May-2013
v2.0, v2.1 v5.5 and v6.0 V5R1 and later Windows, IBM i November 2007 1-Dec-2010
v1.2 v5.5 V5R1 and later Windows, IBM i October 2006 1-Apr-2009
v1.0 v5.5 V5R1 and later Windows, IBM i December 2005 1-Apr-2009

*1 WebsydianExpress for Java v2.1 requires the use of CA Plex v6.0

OS/400 Release Support Life Span

For support of OS/400 versions Websydian support follows the support retirement plan supplied by IBM.

What are the effects of retiring a Websydian version or the support of an OS/400 release.

For Websydian versions that are retired, and OS/400 releases that are no longer supported: