Hi Timothy, Is it possible that the 3995-C46 hit EOS in Asia/Pacific but it is still available elsewhere? The reason I'm asking is that I got my information from the IBM lifecycle website. If I do a search on 3995 I get 10 hits. 9 of them show the W/D date of 12/31/2012. The C46 model doesn't show withdrawn. If I drill down into it, this is what I see specific to the C46:
Lifecycle dates, announcement letters and other information GA 03-Sep-1996 EOM EOD EOS Last updated: 13-Dec-2023 To compare, here's the C44: Lifecycle dates, announcement letters and other information GA 28-Feb-1997 EOM 15-Jul-2004 EOD EOS 31-Dec-2012 Last updated: 13-Dec-2023 It looks like the withdrawal announcement you posted is dated from 2011, and it specifies Asia/Pacific. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 11:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: WORM backup tapes block ransomeware attacks? Rex Pommier wrote: >It looks like 1 model of the IBM 3995 optical library is still available - the >3995-C46... IBM withdrew all the IBM 3995 optical libraries from marketing many years ago including the C46 model. IBM service ended December 31, 2012: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/archive/ENUSWG11-0064__;!!KjMRP1Ixj6eLE0Fj!pVFbdbeHWsCFPun_1oGGdj58b3yyOiMze1VTP2FMINxh78CFu-rb94263TdMwbwK1pcqRUGeEmMQOYQicsE$ There's a recent z/OS Statement of Direction concerning IBM 3995 optical library support: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/statement-direction-plans-that-zos-31-will-be-last-release-that-dfsmsdfp-object-access-method-supports-3995-optical-libraries-drives-unstructured-object-data__;!!KjMRP1Ixj6eLE0Fj!pVFbdbeHWsCFPun_1oGGdj58b3yyOiMze1VTP2FMINxh78CFu-rb94263TdMwbwK1pcqRUGeEmMQnKl72r0$ ————— Timothy Sipples Senior Architect Digital Assets, Industry Solutions, and Cybersecurity IBM Z/LinuxONE, Asia-Pacific [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
