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

Chapter 15 — Maintaining the Drives
6. Click Start Update to begin the background operation to update the
7. If you need to change the library configuration, modify a partition, or
8.
9. Use your storage management software to restart backup processes.

Update Using the Update Drive Firmware Utility

The Update Drive Firmware utility uses a firmware tape to update a single
drive or all of the drives in a single partition.
Requirements
 The drives to be updated must be configured in a storage partition.
 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
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selected drives. The Drive Firmware Update screen refreshes to show
that the update operation is running.
Figure 254 Drive Firmware Update screen showing an
update running.
After each drive is updated, the library posts a system message
indicating whether or not the update was successful.
Note: Once the update process begins, you cannot start any additional
Drive Firmware Update operations until the currently running
process either completes or is stopped.
make other changes that are restricted while background operations are
running, click Stop Update. The library completes any updates that are
currently in progress and then returns the firmware tape to the magazine.
Export the firmware update tape from the library (see Exporting or
Exchanging Magazines and Cartridges on page 211) and store it for
future use.
Note: You cannot use the Update Drive Firmware Utility to update a
TS11xx technology drive.
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).
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