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Chapter 15 — Maintaining the Drives
6. Use the Select drive or partition to update drop‐down list to select the
7. Use the Select EE slot of the firmware tape drop‐down list to select the
8. Click Run Utility to start the update process.
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9. Repeat the steps, as needed, for the remaining drives in the library.
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11. Use your storage management software to restart backup processes.
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drive(s) that you want to update. You can choose to:
 Update all of the drives in a partition.
–OR–
 Update a single drive (selected by its BlueScale identifier).
Note: Drives are identified according to their physical location in the
library. For example: FR1/DBA2/DRV4 refers to the upper right
drive in DBA2 of frame 1. See Drive Identifiers on page 58 for
additional information about identifiers.
slot in the magazine where the firmware update tape is located.
Note: If you use the wrong firmware tape or try to update a drive that
is not compatible with the firmware tape, the update operation
fails.
Once the firmware update process starts, it cannot be canceled.
Do not power off the library or any component being updated during the
firmware update process.
 The library retrieves the firmware tape and inserts it into the first
drive. When the drive completes the update, it ejects the tape. The
library then either returns the tape to the entry/exit pool or inserts it
in the next drive to be updated.
 A progress screen displays for the duration of the update. When
completed, a Utility Results screen displays, showing the results of
the update process.
Export the firmware update tape from the library (see Exporting or
Exchanging Magazines and Cartridges on page 211) and store it for
future use. You can use the tape to update the firmware in a
replacement drive if it is at a lower firmware level.
Updating Drive Firmware
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