Spectra T950 - Page 485

Chapter 15 — Maintaining the Drives Updating Drive Firmware
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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8. ClickNext.TheDriveFirmwareUpdateTapeSelectionscreendisplays
withalistofthecartridgescurrentlyintheentry/exitpool.Selectthe
firmwaretapesyouwanttousefortheupdate.
9. ClickStart Updatetobeginthebackgroundoperationtoupdatethe
selecteddrives.TheDriveFirmwareUpdatescreenrefreshestoshow
thattheupdateoperationisrunning.
Aftereachdriveisupdated,thelibrarypostsasystemmessage
indicatingwhetherornottheupdatewassuccessful.
Note: Oncetheupdateprocessbegins,youcannotstartanyadditional
DriveFirmwareUpdateoperationsuntilthecurrentlyrunning
processeithercompletesorisstopped.
10. Ifyouneed tochangethelibraryconfiguration,modifyapartition,or
makeotherchangesthatarerestrictedwhilebackgroundoperationsare
running,clickStop Update.Thelibrarycompletesanyupdatesthat are
currentlyinprogressandthenreturnsthefirmw aretapetothemagazine.
11. Aftertheupdateiscomplete,useyourstoragemanagementsoftwareto
restartanybackupprocesses.
Important
If you have firmware update tapes for multiple drive generations in the same
magazine, make sure that you select the firmware update tapes that correspond to
the generation of the drives you selected in
Step 7 on page 484.
Figure 313 Select the firmware tapes you want to use for the
update.
Figure 314 Drive Firmware Update screen showing an
update running.