Understand the Core Lifecycle
Describes the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric core lifecycle and defines the lifecycle stages, which are Active, In Maintenance, and End of Maintenance.
Core Lifecycle Stages
- Active
- In Maintenance (18 months)
- End of Maintenance
Typically, within six months after a new release, Hewlett Packard Enterprise issues an advisory to indicate the end of maintenance for older versions of core. Eighteen months after the advisory is issued, the In-Maintenance core version reaches the End-of-Maintenance stage and is discontinued.
To view the current lifecycle status for every core release, see Core Support and Lifecycle Status. The following table describes the lifecycle stages:
Support and the Lifecycle Stages
Support Activity | Notes | Lifecycle Stage | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Active | In Maintenance | End of Maintenance | ||
Proactive Maintenance (Minor, Maintenance, Patch) | Includes proactive fixes for security vulnerabilities, critical bugs, and other issues. | Yes | No | No |
Reactive Maintenance (Escalation Support + Patch) | Requires the user to open cases resulting in tactical fixes for critical bugs, where backporting is feasible. | Yes | Yes1 | No |
Assisted Support (Usage / Debug Support) | Does not include patch fixes. | Yes | Yes | No |
1Includes fixes for critical bugs and CVEs reported to Support. Does not include documentation updates.
Core Versions
In HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric interfaces and documentation, core versions are expressed as a dot-separated string of numbers having two, three, or four places. Updates and bug fixes result in changes to the major, minor, maintenance, and patch versions of a core release:
Notification of Changes in Support for Released Core Versions
To notify users about changes in EEP support, Hewlett Packard Enterprise issues periodic support advisories. When core releases are deprecated or discontinued, users of those releases are encouraged to upgrade to newer versions. For more information about support advisories, see Security Vulnerabilities and Support Articles in the HPE Support Center.