Prepare For The Bluescale Package Update - Spectra Logic Spectra T950V User Manual

Chapter 14 — Maintaining the Library

Prepare for the BlueScale Package Update

Use the following sections to prepare to update the BlueScale software and
library component firmware.
Make Sure Your BlueScale Software Support Key Is
Current
Updating the BlueScale software and the firmware for the library
components requires a current service contract with Spectra Logic
Technical Support. If your service contract expires, renew it as described in
Renewing the BlueScale Software Support Key on page 389.
Prepare the Library
1. Stop all library‐ and host‐based operations.
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If the release notes provide special procedures or requirements for updating the
Important
library, make sure that you follow them.
August 2019
At the start of a package update that includes RCM or LCM
Note:
updates, the library shuts down all exporters, (RIM2 and drive)
so that they do not accept additional moves and then waits for
any moves in progress to complete before starting to update the
selected components. At the start of a package update that
includes RIM2 updates only, the library shuts down the
exporters needing an update so that they do not accept
additional moves and then waits for any moves in progress to
complete before starting to update the selected components. The
exporters are re‐enabled to accept moves when the package
update completes.
Back up your MLM database (see Back Up the MLM and DLM
Databases on page 284).
Note: Backing up the MLM database also backs up the DLM database.
Back up all of your BlueScale encryption keys (see the Spectra Tape
Libraries Encryption User Guide).
Download and read the T950V Library Release Notes and Documentation
Updates for the most current information about updated BlueScale
packages.
Updating the BlueScale Software and Library Firmware
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