Data Protection Advisor: DPA is Using Old JBOSS 7.4 Version

Summary: Data Protection Advisor (DPA) is using a version of JBOSS that is End Of Life (EOL). Does this impact DPA functionality?

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Symptoms

DPA version 19.11 uses JBOSS 7.4.

Reference: Dell Data Protection Advisor 19.11 Release Notes

See Platform Upgrades on page 2:

Platform upgrades screen 

There is no updated JBOSS reference on newer Release Notes documentation.

Cause

JBOSS 7.4 was made End Of Life (EOL) on June 30, 2025.

Resolution

There are no known impacts to DPA with JBOSS on version 7.4.

If a security scan shows a vulnerability for JBOSS on DPA install files, contact Dell Support to address with DPA Engineering.

JBOSS 8.x is planned to be prioritized into the next patch after the January 2026 service patch release.

Affected Products

Data Protection Advisor
Article Properties
Article Number: 000351401
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 19 Nov 2025
Version:  2
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