Dell EMC Data Manager (EDM) — EMC Data Manager (EDM) data protection
Keep it in production past the OEM cutoff with an independent maintainer.
Buy spares now, while units still circulate on the secondary market.
It is unsupported today — set a migration timeline and budget.
Low-criticality role — document the risk, harden backups, retire on your terms.
No. Dell's last date of support for DLT7000 Tape Drives was Sep 2006 (per the Dell End-of-Life list) — it is past end of service life.
DLT7000 Tape Drives reached end of sale Sep 2001, per the Dell End-of-Life list.
Sep 2006 — per the Dell End-of-Life list.
After the last date of support, DLT7000 Tape Drives units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Dell no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.