End of Service Life Status from Solaris Operating System This describes the Solaris End Of Service Life Program for Solaris OS releases. The information covers the support status of every Solaris release. Key Benefits Know when your Solaris is nearing End of Service Life, for your planning, budgets, and migration. Remain compliant; many companies are required to purchase support for their software. Make informed decisions about when to migrate to new technology or the latest release. Resources End of Service Life Solaris Product Life Cycle Solaris Subscriptions Sun System Plans Solaris 8 EOSL Details Sun provides contractual support on the Solaris OS for five years from the product End of Life (EOL) date as follows: Table 1: Phase Descriptions Phase Support Level Phase 1 (Years 1 & 2 After Last Ship Date) Phase 1 support will provide contract customers with full remedial support, accepting requests for enhancements and cosmetic bugs. Patches will be created as needed, and recommended SunAlert Patch Clusters will be maintained through the end of Phase 1. You will continue to receive the same level of support that you received before the product End-Of-Lifed. Phase 2 (Years 3, 4 & 5 After Last Ship Date) Contract customers will continue to receive online and telephone support and have access to pre-existing Solaris SW updates. Pre-existing means Solaris SW updates created prior to start of Phase 2. Sun currently offers Solaris 8 Vintage Patch Service during this phase 2, allowing customer to extend their coverage on Solaris 8. Table 2: Solaris releases covered under SunSpectrum System Plans or Solaris Subscriptions (*Trusted Solaris 8 support is not included in the SunSpectrum System Plan or Solaris Subscription) Release LS Date* Phase 1 End Date Phase 2 End Date Solaris 10 TBD TBD TBD Solaris 9 10/30/09 10/30/11 10/30/14 Trusted Solaris 8 release 4/01 and 12/02 10/3/08 10/23/10 10/23/13 Table 3: Solaris releases in Phase 1 Release LS Date* Phase 1 End Date Phase 2 End Date Solaris 9 10/30/09 10/30/11 10/30/14 Trusted Solaris 8 release 4/01 and 12/02 10/3/08 10/23/10 10/23/13 Trusted Solaris 8 release 7/03 and 2/04 7/31/09 7/31/11 7/31/14 Table 4: Solaris releases in Phase 2 Release LS Date* Phase 1 End Date Phase 2 End Date Solaris 8 02/16/07 3/31/09 03/31/12 Table 5: Solaris releases covered under Vintage Custom Quotes Only Release LS Date* Phase 1 End Date Phase 2 End Date Solaris 7 08/15/03 08/15/05 08/15/08 Solaris 2.6 07/23/01 07/23/03 07/23/06 Table 6: Solaris Releases No Longer Supported Under any Type of Support Offering Release LS Date* Phase 1 End Date Phase 2 End Date Solaris 2.5.1 09/22/00 09/22/02 09/22/05 Solaris 2.5 12/27/98 12/27/00 12/27/03 Solaris 1.1.2 09/30/98 09/30/00 09/30/03 Solaris 2.4 09/30/98 09/30/00 09/30/03 Solaris 1.1.1 09/30/98 09/30/00 09/30/03 Solaris 2.3 06/01/97 06/01/99 06/01/02 SunOS 4.1.2 01/06/95 01/06/97 01/06/00 SunOS 4.1.1 01/06/95 01/06/97 01/06/00 Solaris 1.1 & C 06/03/94 06/03/96 06/03/99 Solaris 2.2 05/01/94 05/01/96 05/01/99 Solaris 2.1 04/15/94 04/15/96 04/15/99 Solaris 2.0 01/01/94 01/01/96 01/01/99 * LS Date = Last Ship Date. The date that Sun ceases to ship the Media Kit.

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