Spectra T950 - Update Using the Update Drive Firmware Utility

Chapter 15 — Maintaining the Drives Updating Drive Firmware
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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Update Using the Update Drive Firmware Utility
TheUpdateDriveFirmwareutilityusesafirmwaretapetoupdateasingle
driveorallofthedrivesinasinglepartition.
Note: YoucannotusetheUpdateDriveFirmwareUtilitytoupdatea
TS11x0technologydrive.
Requirements
 Thedrivestobeupdatedmustbeconfiguredinastoragepartition.
 Thefirmwareupdatetapemustbeinamagazinestoredinthestorage
partition’sentry/exitpool.
 Thedrivesareupdatedonepartitionatatime.
 ToupdatethefirmwareofaGlobalSpare,firstsubstitutetheGlobal
Sparedriveforadriveassignedtoapartition.AftertheGlobalSpare
drivecompletesthefirmwareupdateprocess,itcanberemovedfrom
thepartitionandreturnedtothepoolofsparedrives(seeUsethe
GlobalSpareDriveonpage397formoreinformation).
Discontinue Background Operations
Youcannotupdatedrivefirmwareifthelibraryisactivelyrunningany
backgroundoperations,including MediaAutoDiscovery, PreScan,and
PostScan.
IfyoudonotwanttowaitforaMediaAutoDiscovery,PreScan,or
PostScanoperationtocomplete,youcanstoptheMediaAutoDiscoveryor
PreScanoperationorpausethePostScanoperation.Forotherbackground
operations,waitfortheprocesstocomplete.
 ClickStop Discovery ontheMediaLifecycleManagementToolsscreen
tostopaMediaAutoDiscoveryorPreScanoperation(see
Stopthe
DiscoveryProcessonpage298).
 ClickPause PostScanontheMediaLifecycleManagementToolsscreen
topausethePostScanoperationforonehour(see
PausethePostScan
Processonpage307).