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Chapter 15—Maintaining the Drives Adding or Replacing a Drive
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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3. ClickAddnexttoadrivelocationthatdoesnothaveadriveinstalled.
Note: SeeIdentifytheDrivesintheLibraryonpage149todetermine
thephysicallocationthatcorrespondstotheBlueScaledrivebay
identifier.
4. AFeedbackRequiredscreenpromptsyoutoconfirmthatyouwantto
addthedrive.ClickOK.
5. WatchthefrontpanelforaFeedbackRequiredscreenindicatingthat
thelibraryisreadyforthedrivetobeinstalled.
6. InstallthenewtapedriveintheunuseddrivebayyouselectedinStep2
(seeInstalltheTapeDrivesonpage54).
7. Connecttheappropriateinterfacecable(SCSI,FibreChannel,orSAS)
tothedrive(seeConnecttheTapeDrivestotheHostonpage56).
Note: IfyouinstalledaSCSIdrive,installaSCSIterminatorifthedrive
isthelastSCSIdeviceontheSCSIbus.FibreChannelandSAS
drivesdonotrequiretermination.
8. Afteryouinstallthedrive,returntotheFeedbackRequiredscreen
displayedontheuserinterface(seeStep5onpage458)andclickOK.
Thelibrarypowersonthenewdriveandbeginstheprocessof
configuringit.Aprogressscreendisplaysinformationaboutthe
process.When theconfigurationiscomplete,theDrivesscreendisplays
showingthatthenewdriveispresentinthelibrary.
9. Youmustcreateanewpartitionormodifyanexistingpartitiontouse
thenewdrivebeforeyoucanuseit.Youcanalsoconfigureitasa
GlobalSparedrive.SeeChapter6–ConfiguringandManaging
Partitions,beginningonpage154forinformationaboutcreatingand
modifyingpartitions.
Test the New Drive
Afterinstallingthenewdrive,usethefollowingstepstoconfirmthatthe
hostcancommunicatewithit.
1. Usethelibrarytomoveatapetothedriveandthenejectittomakesure
thatthenewlyinstalledtapedriveisfunctioningproperly.
2. Poweronthehostcomputer,ifyoupowereditoff.
3. Makesurethatyouroperatingsystemseesthetapedriveandrobotics
forthelibrarybeforeproceeding.
4. Determinewhetheryourstoragemanagementsoftwareandtapedrive
arecommunicatingproperlybyusingthesoftwaretobackupseveral
megabytesofdatatothetapedrive.Performacomparisoncheckonthe
backupdatatoconfirmthatitwaswrittencorrectly.
Important
Do not respond to the prompt in the Feedback Required screen or perform any
other operations from the user interface (either locally or remotely) until you
complete the installation procedure.