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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2: RHSA-2016:2998-01 Low: AMC Retirement

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This is the One-Year notification for the retirement of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Advanced Mission Critical (AMC). This notification applies only to those customers subscribed to the Advanced Mission Critical (AMC) channel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2.
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Advanced Mission Critical (AMC) One-Year Notice
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2016:2998-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2998.html
Issue date:        2016-12-22
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1. Summary:

This is the One-Year notification for the retirement of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6.2 Advanced Mission Critical (AMC). This notification applies only
to those customers subscribed to the Advanced Mission Critical (AMC)
channel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2) - x86_64

3. Description:

In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy,
Advanced Mission Critical for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 will be retired
as of December 31, 2017, and active support will no longer be provided.
Accordingly, Red Hat will no longer provide updated packages, including
Critical impact security patches or urgent priority bug fixes, for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.2 AMC after December 31, 2017. In addition, technical
support through Red Hat's Customer Experience and Engagement will be
limited as described under "non-current minor releases" in the Knowledge
Base article located at https://access.redhat.com/articles/64664 after this
date.

We encourage customers to migrate from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 to a
more recent version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. As a benefit of the Red
Hat subscription model, customers can use their active subscriptions to
entitle any system on any currently supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux
release.

Details of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux life cycle can be found here:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

4. Solution:

This erratum contains an updated redhat-release-server package that
provides a copy of this retirement notice in the "/usr/share/doc/"
directory.

5. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2):

Source:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.2.0.7.el6_2.src.rpm

x86_64:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.2.0.7.el6_2.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

6. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://access.redhat.com/articles/64664
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

7. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2: RHSA-2016:2998-01 Low: AMC Retirement

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Advanced Mission Critical will reach end of life on [Insert Date]. We advise upgrading to RHEL 8.0 or 9.0 for enhanced features and security
This is the One-Year notification for the retirement of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Advanced Mission Critical (AMC)

Solution

This erratum contains an updated redhat-release-server package that provides a copy of this retirement notice in the "/usr/share/doc/" directory.

Summary

In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy, Advanced Mission Critical for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 will be retired as of December 31, 2017, and active support will no longer be provided. Accordingly, Red Hat will no longer provide updated packages, including Critical impact security patches or urgent priority bug fixes, for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 AMC after December 31, 2017. In addition, technical support through Red Hat's Customer Experience and Engagement will be limited as described under "non-current minor releases" in the Knowledge Base article located at https://access.redhat.com/articles/64664 after this date.
We encourage customers to migrate from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 to a more recent version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. As a benefit of the Red Hat subscription model, customers can use their active subscriptions to entitle any system on any currently supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.
Details of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux life cycle can be found here: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/articles/64664 https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2):
Source: redhat-release-server-6Server-6.2.0.7.el6_2.src.rpm
x86_64: redhat-release-server-6Server-6.2.0.7.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:2998-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2016-12-22

Topic

This is the One-Year notification for the retirement of Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 6.2 Advanced Mission Critical (AMC). This notification applies onlyto those customers subscribed to the Advanced Mission Critical (AMC)channel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2) - x86_64

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