It may be difficult to locate a third-party maintenance provider that will service these considering StorageTek's attempts to block vendors from doing so under DMCA.
http://lawgeek.typepad.com/lawgeek/2004/07/dmca_hammer_com.html In this particular case, the suit involved maintenance on a tape library in which the maintenance menus are password protected (same type of protection is used on the 9393's). I believe that the injunction was overturned a year later, but it maybe more of a headache for providers than it is worth. I would guess that IBM was exempted from this since the boxes were dual-branded. If IBM will no longer support them, StorageTek maybe your only option. I too loved the virtual architecture of these boxes, however performance did become an issue and the boxes had to be migrated out. Regards, Clay Hinzman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
