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 Exabyte 18D Tape Drive was Dec 2004 (per the Dell End-of-Life list) — it is past end of service life.
Exabyte 18D Tape Drive reached end of sale Sep 1999, per the Dell End-of-Life list.
Dec 2004 — per the Dell End-of-Life list.
After the last date of support, Exabyte 18D Tape Drive units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Dell no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.