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Chapter 14 — Maintaining the Library
Prepare the Library
1. Stop all library‐ and host‐based operations.
Confirm that all of the following conditions are met before beginning the update
Important
process:
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To ensure that no commands are sent to the controllers, Spectra Logic suggests
disconnecting Fibre Channel cables to the RIMs and any tape drives used as robotic
exporters.
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If the release notes provide special procedures or requirements for updating the
Important
library, make sure that you follow them.
November 2020
Notes:
 If you are updating a library running BlueScale 12.7.00.05 or
12.7.00.06, at the start of an update that includes LCM, RCM,
RIM, or RIM2 updates, the library shuts down all exporters
(RIM and RIM2) 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.
 If you are updating a library running BlueScale 12.7.00.7 or
later, at the start of a package update that includes RCM or
LCM updates, the library shuts down all exporters (RIM and
RIM2) 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 RIM or 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.
All backup processes are complete
All storage management software daemons are stopped
All drives are empty
Back up your MLM database (see Back Up the MLM and DLM
Databases on page 324).
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 Spectra TFinity Library Release Notes and
Documentation Updates for the most current information about updated
BlueScale packages.
Prepare for the BlueScale Package Update
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