Yep, we have been told the same thing by our Dell mainframe DASD team.
"Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025 at 3:58 PM, Steely.Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > Also, it has been stated that Dell will no longer support Mainframe DASD. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf Of > Steve Beaver > > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2025 2:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Dell DASD > > ! > > CAUTION! EXTERNAL SENDER! STOP, ASSESS, AND VERIFY Do you know this person? > Were you expecting this email? If not, report it using the Report Phishing > Button! > > Fiserv is dumping all Dell DASD by the end of Jan 2026 in favor of a DS8K > > We have had too much trouble > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Michael Watkins > Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 2:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Dell DASD > > The Texas CPA has a DLm8500 (emulates a TS7k virtual tape server) > front-ending a Data Domain 9900 disk subsystem, which is shared with open > systems servers. All mainframe virtual tapes are records in an MTree > (folder) on the DD9900. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf Of > Steve Beaver > > Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 2:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Dell DASD > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Texas Comptroller's email > system. > DO NOT click links or open attachments unless you expect them from the sender > and know the content is safe. > > How many of you are running Dell DASD? > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
