Spectra T950 - UPDATING DRIVE DEVICE DRIVERS

Chapter 15 — Maintaining the Drives Updating Drive Device Drivers
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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8. ClickRun Utilitytostarttheupdateprocess.
 Thelibraryretrievesthefirmwaretapeandinsertsitintothedrive.
Whenthedrivecompletestheupdate,itejectsthetape.Thelibrary
theneitherreturnsthetapetotheentry/exitpoolorinsertsitinthe
nextdrivetobeupdated.
 Aprogressscreendisplaysforthedurationoftheupdate.When
completed,aUtilityResultsscreendisplays,showingtheresultsof
theupdateprocess.
9. Repeatthesteps,asneeded,fortheremainingdrivesinthelibrary.
10. Exportthefirmwareupdatetapefromthelibrary(seeExportingor
ExchangingMagazinesandCartridgesonpage237)andstoreitfor
futureuse.Youcanusethetapetoupdatethefirmwareina
replacementdriveifitisatalowerfirmwarelevel.
11. Aftertheupdateiscomplete,useyourstoragemanagementsoftwareto
restartanybackupprocesses.
UPDATING DRIVE DEVICE DRIVERS
Overview Someoperatingenvironmentsrequireyoutoinstalldevice
driversbeforetheapplicationsoftwarecancorrectlycommunicatewiththe
drives.Whenyouupdatethedrivefirmware,youmayalsoneedtoupdate
thedevicedriverforthedrive.
UsethefollowinginstructionstolocateanddownloadtheIBMLTOdrive
devicedriverontheIBMSupportFixCentralwebsite.
Note: YoucanconnecttotheFixCentralwebsiteeitherfromthe
SpectraLogicTechnicalSupportportalordirectlyat

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.Ifyouconnectdirectly,
skiptoStep5inthefollowinginstructions.
1. LogintoyouraccountontheTechnicalSupportportalat
support.spectralogic.com
Note: SeeAccessingtheTechnicalSupportPortalonpage493for
informationaboutaccessingtheTechnicalSupportportal.
2. SelectDownloads > Device Drivers.
Important
 Once the firmware update process starts, it cannot be canceled.
 Do not power off the library or any component being updated during the
firmware update process.
 If you use the wrong firmware tape or try to update a drive that is not
compatible with the firmware tape, the update operation fails.