End of Support / Life Statement

Enterprise DistribuTape (EDT) version 8.x will go out of service (no longer be available for download) on July 1, 2012.

EDT version 8.x will continue to be supported through December 31, 2012. After that date, only EDT 10.x and higher will be supported.

Who is Affected By This Change

Anyone who is currently running EDT version 8 will need to upgrade to EDT version 10.x.

Recommendations

Upgrade to version 10.x of EDT.

Due to numerous enhancements, including support for all tape library types (virtual and physical), access to EDT 10.x is only available via paid professional services engagement focused on educating clients on the new features, configuration options and how to take full advantage of version 10 functionality. It is recommended that you engage Gresham to assist you with this upgrade before July 1, 2012.

The current field releases are:

• EDT 10.1 with ControlCenter 10.1
• EDT 8.5.2 with ControlCenter 8.5.2

The recommended upgrade procedure is as follows:

• Contact Gresham sales to arrange a time and date for Gresham’s professional services personnel to perform the upgrade. The engagement generally lasts 1-2 days depending on the complexity of your environment. The engagement emphasizes education on the deployment, configuration and use of EDT 10.x so it is important to choose a date and time when those individuals who will be responsible for administering EDT 10.x are available.

Note: EDT 8.x and 10.x can coexist. It is not necessary to upgrade every instance of EDT 8.x to 10.x at one time. However, it is recommended that you complete the migration of your entire EDT environment to version 10.x before July 1, 2012 and certainly before December 31, 2012.

License Key: When upgrading to EDT 10, you will be given a new single license key, which will be deployed on the Library / License Management Server (LMS) installed during the EDT 8 → EDT 10 upgrade. The LMS acts as a central licensing system within your environment and your license key will allow you to run the number of EDT instances in your environment for which you have paid.

Additional Information on EDT 10

Additional information about EDT 10 can be found at the following locations:

• Enterprise DistribuTape Product Page
• EDT 10 Documentation

Questions?

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