Ibm US withdrawal announcement 914-145 dated july 15, 2014 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Steely Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 2:41 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: 3494 tape library and B20 VTS question
My CE told me the same thing - do you have the IBM publication that states that. What the IBM# or Web site for that announcement. Thanks -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 1:18 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: 3494 tape library and B20 VTS question > Hi Don, > > The concern is that the 3590 tape drives are soon to be end of life, January > 31, 2015 to be exact. IBM's externally available documentation says the 3590 > H1x drives will be supported until October 2015, but our CE's manager told us > that is incorrect, and All the 3590s fall off support end of January. We > can't get extended support for the tape drives apparently due to IBM's > inability to get spare parts, so mgmt is looking to see if we can restore the > data from the stack tapes back into the VTS cache on a stack-tape-by-stack > tape basis in order to minimize the number of mounts and read/rewind cycles > being performed. Our 3590s (both tapes and drives) are getting tired and we > are trying to keep them going long enough to get off them. We've considered > third party EOS support for the 3590s, but the concern there is the same as > with IBM, are there spare parts available to keep them running? > Well, I have both MAGSTAR and 3490E drives. Both has no service contract, but both are still serviceable on per call basis. I don't use them except software installation (and other rare activities), so they do not wear. However IBM EOS date for HW does not mean actual death. Regards -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland That is true, but how does one get them fixed when the brain talent is gone (not to mention spare parts). We have a pair of 3490-C22s as well, but the CEs that know anything about them both retired last summer. When they break, I think we're going to be out of luck. I just hope we can get completely off them before the last of them dies. Rex -- Tre tej wiadomoci moe zawiera informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wycznie do uytku subowego adresata. Odbiorc moe by jedynie jej adresat z wyczeniem dostpu osób trzecich. Jeeli nie jeste adresatem niniejszej wiadomoci lub pracownikiem upowanionym do jej przekazania adresatowi, informujemy, e jej rozpowszechnianie, kopiowanie, rozprowadzanie lub inne dziaanie o podobnym charakterze jest prawnie zabronione i moe by karalne. 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