Working With Hardware Components; Lto Tape Drives - Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T200 Release Note

Important Information — Working with Hardware Components
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ORKING WITH

LTO Tape Drives

To ensure compatibility, always update the library to the most current version of
Important
the BlueScale firmware.
Updates to the LTO-4 Drive Firmware
After you update your library firmware to BlueScale10.4.0 or later, confirm
that your LTO-4 drives are using the correct firmware version and update
the firmware if necessary (see
Check the Tape Drive Firmware and Drivers page on Spectra Logic web
site at
firmware version.
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Release Notes
Use the Save MLM Database advanced utility to export the MLM
database to a USB key and also email the exported database to a pre-
configured mail recipient. See "Backing Up the MLM Database" in the
Spectra T200, T380, and T680 User Guide for instructions.
Note: The Auto Configuration Save operation performed by the library
also backs up the MLM database. See "Configuring Automatic
Emailing of the Auto-Save Configuration File" in the Spectra
T200, T380, and T680 User Guide for information.
Use the Save Library Configuration advanced utility to save the updated
library configuration data to a USB key and also email the updated
library configuration data to a pre-configured mail recipient. See
"Backing Up Your Library Configuration" in the Spectra T200, T380, and
T680 User Guide for instructions.
The partition wizard prompts you to save the library configuration
whenever you create or modify a partition. You can choose to save the
updated library configuration data to a USB key or email it to a pre-
configured mail recipient. Refer to the Spectra T200. T380, and T680 User
Guide for detailed information about creating and modifying partitions.
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ARDWARE
Spectra Logic recommends using firmware version 8940 or later for
IBM LTO-4 tape drives.
Starting with BlueScale10.4.0, IBM LTO-4 tape drives require firmware
version 8940 or later when using the new MLM features.
IBM LTO-4 drives must be running firmware version 8940 or later
when using Netbackup 6.5.2 or later.
www.spectralogic.com/downloads
OMPONENTS
Updating the Drive Firmware on page
for the currently recommended
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