Deprecated and end-of-life features

Release 26.0.0.0

Deprecated features

Oracle LiveSource
We are announcing deprecation of the Oracle LiveSource feature, in favor of the already available Staging Push with Active Dataguard. The deprecation timeline is 6 months, and the feature End of Life is currently planned for January 2025.

End-of-life features

Support for the following OS versions have reached EOL in this release:

RHEL 4.x and 5.x
AIX 5.x and 6.x

Release 23.0.0.0

Deprecated features

Support for the following OS versions have been deprecated in this release:

RHEL 4.x and 5.x
AIX 5.x and 6.x

Release 21.0.0.0

Deprecated features

Delphix Self-Service
Has been deprecated and will reach its end of life in September 2025. Visit the community blog for more information and guidance on transitioning to Data Control Tower’s improved developer experience.

Release 17.0.0.0

End-of-life feature

Support for the following ESXi versions has reached EOL in this release:

ESXi 6.5 and 6.7

Release 11.0.0.0

End-of-life feature

Support for the following ESXi version has reached EOL in this release:

ESXi 6.0

Release 10.0.0.0

Deprecated features

Support for the following ESXi versions have been deprecated in this release:

ESXi 6.5 and 6.7
VMware's end of technical guidance for ESXi 6.5 and 6.7 is on 11/15/2023. To align our support, Delphix will end support of ESXi 6.5 and 6.7 in version 17.0.0.0 (November 2023 release).

Release 9.0.0.0

Deprecated features

Oracle move-to-asm.sh
The move-to-asm.sh scripted procedure has been deprecated in favor of the new feature export an Oracle virtual DB or virtual PDB to a physical Oracle ASM or Exadata database. For more details on this new feature, refer to the Export an Oracle VDB or vPDB to a Physical ASM or Exadata Database section. The move-to-asm.sh scripted procedure is still supported in 9.0.0.0, but is discouraged by Delphix and will be eventually removed in future versions of the Delphix Continuous Data Engine.

Release 6.0.17.0

End-of-life features

Support for the following database version has reached EOL in this release:

Oracle 11.1
Details of the Oracle database EOL can be found in the Oracle Lifetime Support Policy PDF.

Deprecated features

Support for the following ESXi versions have been deprecated in this release:

ESXi 6.0

Release 6.0.12.0

End-of-life features

Internet Explorer 11 support
Internet Explorer 11 is no longer supported by Delphix. The users are requested to refer to the list of supported browsers.

Support for the following OS versions has reached EOL in this release:

EBS 12.1
Starting 6.0.12.0 and beyond, EBS 12.1 is no longer supported by Delphix. The users are requested to upgrade to EBS 12.2 and start using this plugin.
SAP HANA 1.0
Starting 6.0.12.0 and beyond, SAP HANA 1.0 is no longer supported by Delphix. The users are requested to upgrade to HANA 2.0 and start using this plugin.

Release 6.0.11.0

Deprecated features

Support for the following OS versions have been deprecated in this release:

Oracle 11.1
Details of the Oracle database EOL can be found in the Oracle Lifetime Support Policy PDF.
TLS 1.0 and 1.1
These versions of TLS are known to be vulnerable, enterprise use is heavily discouraged.

End-of-life features

Support for the following OS versions has reached EOL in this release:

Oracle 10g
TLS 1.0 and 1.1
These versions of TLS are known to be vulnerable, enterprise use is heavily discouraged.

Release 6.0.10.0

End-of-life features

EBS12.1
EBS 12.1 remains deprecated with a planned EOL (and removal from the product) in December 2021. This is in line with Oracle’s planned EOL for EBS 12.1 later this year. The users are encouraged to upgrade to Delphix’s EBS 12.2.
Masking ruleset edit options
The Table Suffix, Add Column, Join Table, and List options were deprecated in the 6.0.3.0 release. These options have reached the EOL in the 6.0.10.0 release and have been completely removed from the product.
Internet Explorer 11 support
Internet Explorer 11 is planned for EOL in December 2021. This is in line with Microsoft’s planned EOL for Internet Explorer 11 later this year.

Release 6.0.9.0

End-of-life features

Delphix Reporting (Formerly, Mission Control) is EOL starting 6.0.9.0 (July 1st, 2021). The users interested in continuing their reporting workflows are recommended to discuss Data Control Tower with their account teams.
Also, EBS 12.1 remains deprecated with a planned EOL (and removal from the product) in December 2021. This is in line with Oracle’s planned EOL for EBS 12.1 later this year. The users are encouraged to upgrade to Delphix’s EBS 12.2.

Release 6.0.8.0

End-of-life features

Support for the following OS versions has reached EOL in this release:

SAP ASE 15.0.3
Windows Server 2008 R2
SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2008 R2

Release 6.0.7.0

End-of-life features

ESX 5.5 support will be end-of-life in 6.0.7
Masking Connectors: Db2 LUW and zOS v9, Db2 LUW and zOS v10, SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2

Release 6.0.5.0

The following list of OS and DB versions are now past their respective support windows. Delphix will deprecate these versions to stay in line with Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP lifecycle policies:

Windows 2008 R2: Microsoft End of Extended Support (EoES) January 4th, 2020
SQL Server 2008/2008 R2: Microsoft End of Extended Support (EoES) July 9th, 2019
Oracle 10: Oracle End of Extended Support (EoES) July 2013
SAP ASE 15.0.3: SAP End-of-Life (EoL) March 31st, 2015

Release 6.0.4.0

End-of-life features

Masking:
- Job Scheduler - As of this release, Delphix has removed the Job Scheduler feature. The introduction of Masking’s REST API several releases ago allowed customers to schedule job executions using their preferred job scheduler. As a result, the integrated scheduler is seldom used.

Deprecated features

Masking:
- FTP, SFTP, and mount upload for XML and Cobol formats - FTP/SFTP/Mount-based format import were the original modes for XML and Cobol files, since then, Delphix has added the ability to upload a format file, which is far simpler to set up. After the introduction of “upload”, we’ve seen a dramatic shift away from the legacy import modes in favor of the simplicity of “upload”.
- Row Type Feature - Originally geared for limiting masking to subsets of rows within a column, this feature was seldomly used. Its functionality, if desired, can still be replicated via the Custom SQL feature.
- Redundant Settings for ‘Edit Table’ under Rule Sets - Table Suffix, Add Column, Join Table, and List - These settings are redundant and can be replicated with the Custom SQL setting.
- ‘HAVING’ clause from Masking API - Deprecating due to low use. This feature, if desired, can be replicated with Custom SQL.

Release 6.0.2.0

End-of-life features

AWS i.3 (EOL) January 22, 2020
Microsoft Azure GSx (EOL) May 7, 2020

Release 6.0.0.0

End-of-life features

Removed Virtualization Features:
A few features will be removed with the 6.0 release. If these features are in use, the upgrade will not proceed.
- Cross Platform Provisioning (XPP)
- AIX 6.1 Technology Levels 0-6 and AIX 7.1 Technology Levels 0-2 for Environments
- Windows Server 2008 for Environments

Windows Server 2008 will not have an upgrade blocker.

Removed Masking Features:
Please note that Excel files can still be masked by first converting them to one of Delphix’s supported file types (CSV, etc). Also, XML CLOBs can be masked by extracting their values into a table (example - using extractValue in Oracle).
- Native XML CLOB masking: After upgrade, columns masked as XML CLOBs will have the NULL SL algorithm assigned.
- DB2 9.1, 9.5, and other 9.x versions of LUW & Z/OS
- “Create target” job option: After upgrade jobs using “create target” will be removed.
- “Bulk data” job option: After upgrade, jobs using “bulk data” will be turned into non-bulk data jobs.
- Native Microsoft Excel Masking: After upgrade, MS Excel connectors, rulesets and jobs will be removed.