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Red Hat 7.1: RHSA-2017-0341-01 Low: Extended Update Support Notice

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Calendar Grey February 28, 2017
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Announcement regarding the conclusion of Extended Update Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, coupled with available pathways for transition.
This is the One-Month notification for the retirement of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Extended Update Support (EUS)

Solution

This erratum contains updated redhat-release-server and redhat-release-computenode packages that provide a copy of this retirement notice in the "/usr/share/doc/" directory.

Summary

In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy, Extended Update Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 will be retired as of March 31, 2017, and 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 7.1 EUS after March 31, 2017. In addition, technical support through Red Hat's Global Support Services 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 7.1 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/

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update notification extended support retirement notice

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 ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1):
Source: redhat-release-computenode-7.1-1.el7_1.2.src.rpm
x86_64: redhat-release-computenode-7.1-1.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1):
Source: redhat-release-server-7.1-1.el7_1.5.src.rpm
ppc64: redhat-release-server-7.1-1.el7_1.5.ppc64.rpm
s390x: redhat-release-server-7.1-1.el7_1.5.s390x.rpm
x86_64: redhat-release-server-7.1-1.el7_1.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1):
Source: redhat-release-server-7.1-1.ael7b_1.5.src.rpm
ppc64le: redhat-release-server-7.1-1.ael7b_1.5.ppc64le.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-2017:0341-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0341.html
Issue date: 2017-02-28

Topic

This is the One-Month notification for the retirement of Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 7.1 Extended Update Support (EUS). This notification applies only tothose customers subscribed to the Extended Update Support (EUS) channel forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update notification extended support retirement notice

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

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