I don't know, but it's probably within the past 6 months. HP started the same campaign on 1-Jan-2014.
It's a ridiculous - you pay for the hardware, and expect to be able to keep at least the firmware up-to-date. Best regards, Mike, x7942 RMD IT Client Services On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Zoltan Forray <zfor...@vcu.edu> wrote: > <rant on> > I went out looking for firmware updates for my IBM 3592E06 drives that live > in my IBM 3583 Library. I realized I needed to go to Fix Central from the > last time I went looking (a year ago) and couldn't find them on the FTP > site. > > What I wasn't expecting is the need for my tape drive serial numbers. Then > after supplying one of them, I was denied the firmware since our drives are > not under an IBM maintenance contract. > > Anybody care to share? > <rant off> > > -- > *Zoltan Forray* > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator > BigBro / Hobbit / Xymon Administrator > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html >
