Performing A Trial Back-Up; Updating The Firmware - Tandberg Data SDLT 600 Product Manual

SDLT 600 Product Manual
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Performing a Trial Back-up

Complete the following steps to perform a trial backup and verify correct tape drive installation:
Insert a data cartridge. Push the data cartridge completely into the system. The tape will load
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automatically.
Choose a sample file set from the host computer.
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Create a backup file and then restore the file set. If the backup file completely restores, without any
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errors, you installed the system correctly.
If you experience errors, doublecheck the tape drive's configuration and setup, using the ideas
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provided in
After you have exhausted all troubleshooting alternatives, contact your service representative.
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Press the Eject button to unload the data cartridge. If you are unsure which button is the Eject
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button, refer to
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Updating the Firmware

When you need to update the firmware in a tape drive, you can do it either of two ways:
By directly using the SCSI bus
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By creating a firmware image data cartridge (CUP/FUP) to use in either a manual firmware update
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or in a library setting.
DLTSage provides the tool that allows you to update the tape drive's firmware using the SCSI bus, or
to create a CUP/FUP data cartridge for an SDLT 600 tape drive. DLTSage is available on Quantum's
web site, http://www.quantum.com.
details on locating DLTSage in Quantum's web site.
The following subsections briefly describe both methods of updating the tape drive firmware.
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"Troubleshooting" on page
Figure 5-2 on page
: You can review specific instructions for loading a data cartridge in
Appendix A, "Super DLTtape I and Super DLTtape II Data Cartridges"
and Appendix B, "DLTtape VS1 Data Cartridge"
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5-9.
Section 2.5, "Quantum Diagnostics Tools,"
March 2004
Chapter 5: Using Your Tape Drive
in Chapter 2 provides
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