This is the final retirement notice for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Maintenance Support 2
(Product Retirement) Phase. This notification applies only to those customers subscribed to
minor releases for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy, Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6 is retired as of November 30, 2020 and enters Extended Life Phase which means
users will receive the below support.
● Limited technical support for existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 deployments.
● Previously released bug fixes (RHBAs), security errata (RHSAs), and product
enhancements (RHEAs).
● Red Hat Knowledgebase and other content (white papers, reference architectures,
etc.) found in the Red Hat Customer Portal.
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 documentation.

Red Hat recommends that customers run software that is actively maintained in order to get
the most benefit of bug fixes and security enhancements released. Customers have the below
options to maintain their Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment.

Red Hat strongly suggests that customers migrate to a newer version of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux, version 7 or 8, to receive the latest features prior to November 30, 2020. If customers
need additional migration time, customers may move to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended
Life Cycle Support (ELS) which delivers certain critical-impact security fixes and selected (at
Red Hat discretion) urgent priority bug fixes the below support until June 30, 2024.
● In order to receive the ELS maintenance stream, customers must move their Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 environment to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10.
● Customers should also budget for the cost of ELS as this offering is an Add-on and not
part of the base Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription
● The ELS Add-on is only available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Standard and Premium
Server Subscriptions
● The ELS Add-On covers the IBM z Systems and the x86 architecture

Please see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle page for additional details on ELS and
active Red Hat Enterprise Linux life cycle dates.
Your Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription also entitles you to advice for updating to the Red
Hat Enterprise Linux version that is in maintenance. For complex or mission-critical updates
you may consider Red Hat Consulting. If interested, take the first step by completing this
form.

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

FAQ: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 reaches End of Maintenance Phase and transitions to
Extended Life Phase
https://access.redhat.com/articles/4665701

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