SA17 EOL - Migrate to a different database provider - how?

[hansg]

Since SQL Anywhere is EOL at the end of 2025, we got an official email about that, we are looking how to continue our software in 2026 and further. The biggest issue in our situation is that we use a lot of Stored Procedures.

Some questions:

Does anybody already migrate SQL Anywhere with Stored Procedures to another database provider?

Do you know good migration tools? I did have a look at www.isperer.com, that looks ok. Anybody experiences whith that company?

What database provider(s) do you advice? PostgreSQL?

Tia Hans

[former_SQLA_member326303]

2025 or December 31, 2027? See the official SQL Anywhere information here

[VolkerBarth]

Just to add to the link posted by Illia:

AFAIK, the EOL date for v17 has been increased several times, possibly because no new majer version has been published...

In former times, a major version was usually supported until the second next version was released. That general rule won't work anymore, methinks.

@Mike Paola might tell more...

[hansg]

The SAP e-mail is about stopping OEM On-premise support. Stopping maintenance and support per 31th december 2025. That date (2025) was in the link of the wiki in the past also. Now the wiki shows an EOL of the end of 2027. Is that wiki official information from SAP?

[VolkerBarth]

The mentioned information is linked via the SAP SQL Anywhere 17.0.1 Help, namely under the topic:

• SAP SQL Anywhere/SQL Anywhere Introduction/Supported Platforms

So it's official information. Note, the Support Page states:

"IMPORTANT: The information in this document is subject to change. Please read any notes pertaining to a specific operating system for more details. The ability for the SQL Anywhere engineering team to address issues on operating systems that are no longer supported by the O/S vendor may be limited.

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That being said, for OEM terms I would address your OEM sales channel.

[hansg]

SA17 is great, only we need be sure there will be updates in the future. Glad(!) te hear that we are save coming five years.

[justin_willey]

I have a question out with SAP about migration of support from OEM to non-OEM support. I'll let you know when I hear anything.