Deprecations and removals

You can find the features or capabilities announced as deprecated and the features or capabilities that are removed in HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy). HCL DevOps Deploy is the new name of HCL Launch from 8.0.0 onwards.

When features or capabilities are announced as deprecated, they continue to be supported although such features or capabilities are no longer enhanced and might be removed in a subsequent release. If you use a deprecated feature, you must migrate to the alternate feature, if applicable, before the deprecated feature is removed.

The removed features will not be available in the product version in which they are removed.

Note: You can contact the HCL Support team if you have any concerns.
You can find information about the following deprecations or removals:

Product features or capabilities

You can find information about the features or capabilities of Deploy that are announced as deprecated in an earlier version, and the version in which they are removed.

The features removed in this version are listed first, followed by the features deprecated. The features removed or deprecated in earlier versions are listed later in the table.

Feature or capability Feature deprecated in version Alternate feature, if applicable Feature removed in version
Keytools package in Help menu - Keytools are available in server/bin directory 8.0.0
Prompt on value option 8.0.0
Agent $productName/java.home property 7.2.3
Agent relay agentrelay.http_proxy.use_rabbit=true property 7.2.2
IBM Java bundle 7.2.1
JMS agents 7.1.1 Web agents 7.2.0
Process Designer Explorer mode 7.1.1.1
Show Inactive option 7.0.5 The Active field is still included in the JSON representation of objects and now reflects whether or not the object has been deleted. 7.1.0

Dependent software

You can find information about the dependent software that were announced as deprecated in an earlier version and the version in which they were removed. Dependent software can include the operating systems, license servers, applications, or software required for using Deploy.
Note: The features removed in this version are listed first, followed by the features deprecated. The features removed or deprecated in earlier versions are listed later in the table.
Dependent software Deprecated in version Alternate OS or software, if applicable Support removed in version
IBM i for agents 8.0.0 8.0.0
Java 8 Java 11 and later versions

Customers using Deploy on the z/OS platform, follow the IBM statement of direction.

7.2.0
WINRS 7.2.1 7.3.2
Dynamic Resources 7.3.1
JMS protocols Web protocols 7.2.0
HFS CodeStation Deploy’s in-built artifact repository Codestation 7.1.1
Safari browser Chrome, Firefox, and Edge 7.1.0
DB2 on z/OS 7.0.4
Java 6 and 7 Java 11 and later versions 7.0.2