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Siji Daniel-san
GPFS/Storage Scale 5.2 was NOT included in the 11.5.9 CSB 67235 release on September 12, 2025. You previously shared that GPFS/Storage Scale 5.2 or later would be included in a future 11.5 CSB.
Could you please confirm whether this will be part of Mod9 CSB or Mod10 CSB? Regrettably, GPFS/Storage Scale 5.1 has reached its EOS today. To meet our customer's requirements, I believe we urgently need to release a Db2 11.5 CSB that includes GPFS/Storage Scale 5.2. Could you please provide an estimated release date for this?
Best regards,
You are correct Nobuhiro-san.
We plan to update the version of bundled Storage Scale in Db2 11.5 Cumulative Special Build (CSB) in the future.
Siji Daniel-san
Thank you for working on this.
As of September 17, 2025, the End of Service (EOS) information for Db2 11.5 LUW/Db2 Connect has been updated. For more details, please refer to the following information letter: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/support-lifecycle-transition-extended-support-db2-115
Several Db2 v11.5 pureScale users in Japan plan to continue using version 11.5 for several years after the EOS date while upgrading their pureScale systems to 12.1.
To ensure continued fix support for the bundled GPFS/Storage Scale until at least the end of extended support on April 30, 2031, I expect we must bundle version 5.2 or later.
Thank you for submitting your request. We are reviewing this. Please expect an update in the portal within 90 days.
Thank you.