Update Using The Drive Firmware Update Wizard - Spectra Logic Spectra T950V User Manual

Chapter 15 — Maintaining the Drives

Update Using the Drive Firmware Update Wizard

The Drive Firmware Update wizard lets you use one or more firmware
tapes to update multiple drives within a partition, without interrupting
normal library operations in other partitions. The updates are performed
as a background operation whenever the library determines that one of the
drives selected for update is empty.
Requirements
 DLM must be enabled (see Enabling DLM on page 290).
 The drives to be updated must be configured in a storage partition.
 The drives to be updated must be offline to the host.
 The firmware update tape must be in a magazine stored in the storage
 The drives are updated one partition at a time.
 To update the firmware of a Global Spare, first substitute the Global
Discontinue Backups and Empty the Drives
Before beginning the drive firmware update process, you must discontinue
all backup operations and remove any cartridges from the drives you are
updating.
Attempting to update the firmware when the drives contain tapes may result in the
Caution
upgrade failing, failed backup jobs, or permanent damage to the drives. If you did
not already do so, stop all backup operations and remove all tapes from the drives
you are updating.
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 You cannot use a Global Spare drive to replace a failed drive
Notes:
while the library is actively running the Drive Firmware
Update wizard in the partition.
 You cannot use the Drive Firmware Update wizard to update
a TS11xx technology drive.
Note: Enabling MLM automatically enables DLM.
partition's entry/exit pool.
Note: The partition must have entry/exit chambers configured to use
this wizard.
Spare drive for a drive assigned to a partition. After the Global Spare
drive completes the firmware update process, it can be removed from
the partition and returned to the pool of spare drives (see Use the
Global Spare Drive on page 356 for more information).
 If possible, use your storage management software to move any
cartridges that are currently in drives back to their storage locations.
 If you cannot use your storage management software, then move
the cartridges as described in Moving Cartridges Within a Partition
on page 233.
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