Release Updates
Find out about our latest releases
Mainstar® is committed to providing up-to-date tools that meet your current needs and challenges. For information on drop support dates, please refer to the table below. If you're moving to a new release of z/OS®, please view the z/OS Release Compatibility information available in the Solutions tab of the Rocket Customer Portal. To find out more about the enhancements in the latest releases, visit our News & Releases page.
Note: Mainstar's release number format is changing from v.r.mm to vv.rr.
| Product | Release | Drop Support Date |
| ASAP™ |
5.4.01 5.3.01 5.2.xx 5.1.xx 4.4.xx |
not announced May 1, 2007 December 14, 2005 November 30, 2004 September 17, 1999 |
| Backup & Recovery Manager™ |
3.2.xx 3.1.xx 2.1.xx 1.1.xx |
December 15, 2005 January 29, 2005 September 15, 2004 August 25, 2002 |
| Backup & Recovery Manager Suite (Includes ABARS Manager™, All/Star™, and ASAP™) | 6.01 | not announced |
| Backup & Recovery Manager Suite (Includes ABARS Manager and All/Star) |
4.03 4.1.01 |
not announced May 1, 2007 |
| Catalog BaseLine™ |
1.5.01 1.4.01 1.2.xx |
not announced not announced August 20, 2004 |
| Catalog RecoveryPlus™ (CR+™) |
6.41 6.31 6.2.02 6.2.01 6.1.xx 5.1.xx 4.1.xx |
not announced not announced December 1, 2006 April 15, 2005 November 1, 2004 June 1, 2004 May 15, 2002 |
| Database Backup & Recovery™ for DB2® | 2.1 | not announced |
|
FastAudit™
(includes Catalog & DASD Audit™, HSM FastAudit™, HSM FastAudit-MediaControls™, and Tape Audit™) |
9.01 8.1.01 7.1.01 6.1.xx 5.1.xx 3.1.xx |
not announced not announced December 13, 2006 March 1, 2005 July 24, 2003 January 25, 2002 |
| HSM Reporter-Batch™ |
3.1.02 3.1.01 2.7.xx |
not announced not announced February 15, 1999 |
| HSM Reporter/Manager™ |
8.01 7.01 6.1.xx 5.1.xx |
not announced not announced October 4, 2005 April 1, 2002 |
| ICR™ | 1.1 | not announced |
| VCR™ |
3.01 2.01 1.08 1.07 1.6.xx 1.5.xx 1.4.xx 1.3.xx 1.2.xx |
not announced not announced December 31, 2007 September 14, 2006 January 31, 2006 February 9, 2005 November 11, 2004 June 4, 2004 October 7, 2003 |
| Provisioning Expert™ for Linux® on z/VM® |
1.5 1.4 |
not announced not announced |
| Storage Manager™ |
4.01 3.1.02A 3.1.xx 1.1.xx |
not announced December 31, 2007 December 31, 2007 January 15, 1999 |
| SYSchange® |
3.3.0 3.2.0 3.1.0 2.3.x |
not announced May 1, 2008 November 14, 2006 November 14, 2006 |
| VSAM Manager™ |
5.1.01 4.3.01 4.2.01 |
not announced not announced May 6, 2002 |
Note: Mainstar's release number format is changing from v.r.mm to vv.rr.
