Vanguard Statement of Support and End of Life Schedule

Vanguard products interact with the operating system and the external security manager ESM (ACF2, RACF, TopSecret).

Vanguard products will run on the IBM hardware supported by IBM. Vanguard products will run on the External Security Managers currently supported by IBM (RACF) and Broadcom (ACF2, TopSecret).

Vanguard products do not directly interact with most software running within the operating system which means there are no limitations or concerns with upgrades involving this software such as IBM MQ, CICS, DB2, CL Super Session, TPX, CA1, CA7, etcetera. Unless specifically mentioned in the table below Vanguard will work on any version of software running within the operating system which is currently supported by the manufacturer (IBM, Broadcom, Rocket, BMC, etcetera)

Generally, we work on any currently support z/OS and currently supported software on the platform. For details around the supported z/OS Version and ESM (ACF2, RACF, TopSecret) please see below.

• Vanguard Security Solutions
• Vanguard Compliance Manager for IBM z/OS
• Vanguard Compliance Manager for IBM I Series
• Vanguard Software from Eberhard Klemens Co. (EKC)

Vanguard Security Solutions

3.1

2.5

3.2

None Announced

z13 or Higher

Vanguard Security Solutions

2.5

2.3

3.2

None Announced

z13 or Higher

Vanguard Security Solutions

2.4

2.2

3.1

May 30, 2025

z13 or Higher

Vanguard Security Solutions

2.3

2.1

2.4

May 30, 2022

z13 or Higher

Vanguard Security Solutions

2.2

1.13

2.3

September 30, 2020

z13 or Higher

Vanguard Security Solutions

2.1

1.12

2.2

September 30, 2018

z13 or Higher

Vanguard Compliance Manager

3.1

2.5

3.2

None Announced

z13 or Higher

Vanguard Compliance Manager

2.5

2.3

3.2

None Announced

z13 or Higher

Vanguard Compliance Manager

2.4

2.2

3.1

May 30, 2025

z13 or Higher

VCMi

1.4

7.3

7.4

None Announced

Power8

Vanguard Software – Previously Eberhard Klemens Co. (EKC)

Vanguard Product

Version

Minimum Tested z/OS

Maximum Tested z/OS

Discontinuance Date

zHardware Limitations

ETF/A

1.8.3

2.1

3.2

None Announced

z13 or Higher

ETF/A

1.8.2

1.9

2.4

August 1, 2020

z13 or Higher

ETF/R

1.3.4

2.1

3.2

None Announced

z13 or Higher

ETF/R

1.3.2

1.9

2.3

April 19, 2019

z13 or Higher

E-SRF

2.4.5

2.1

3.2

None Announced

z13 or Higher

E-SRF

2.4.4

1.9

2.4

August  31, 2020

z13 or Higher