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Chapter 14—Maintaining the Library Updating the BlueScale Software and Library Firmware
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New Package Availability Themostcurrentlyreleasedversionofthe
BlueScalepackageforthelibraryisavailableontheProductSoftwarepage
ontheTechnicalSupportportal.
IfAutoDownloadisconfigured(seeConfigureaPackageServeron
page127),thelibrarychecksconfiguredpackageserversonceaweekfora
libraryupdatepackagenewerthanwhatthelibraryiscurrentlyrunning.If
anewpackageisavailable,thelibrarydownloadsit,sendsasystem
message,anddisplaysanicononthestatusbartoindicatetheupdateis
available(seeAutoDownloadIcononpage84).Ifthelibraryalready
downloadedanupdatepackage,youcancontinuewithPrepareforthe
BlueScalePackageUpdateonpage421.
Package Support Packagesaregroupingsofprogramcodethatcontain
theBlueScalesoftwareandthefirmwareforthelibrarycomponents.
SpectraLogicprovidescompletesupportforthetwomostrecently
releasedBlueScalepackages.Ifyourlibraryisnotrunningthemostcurrent
BlueScaleversion,youmayberequiredtoupdateyourlibrarytoresolve
anissueortoverifythattheproblemstillexists.
TheSpectraT50eLibraryReleaseNotesandDocumentationUpdates,available
ontheTechnicalSupportportal,providesinformationabouttheupdatesin
thecurrentBlueScalepackage,aswellasupdatestothisguideandother
documentation.
User Privilege Requirements AlluserscanviewtheBlueScaleversionthat
thelibraryisusingonthestatusbaratthetopofeachscreen(see
Figure285onpage416).Onlyauserwithsuperuseroradministrator
privilegescanaccesstheMaintenancemenutoviewcomponentfirmware
versionsandupdatetheBlueScalesoftwareandlibraryfirmware.See
UnderstandingUserGroupsandSecurityonpage96forinformation
aboutthethreetypesofusergroupsandwhattypesofprivilegeseachhas.