HP Library and Tape Tools v4.17 Release Notes

◦ Support ticket displays FVE (full volume equivalent) under cartridge usage.
◦ Updated temperature margin calculation.
• Operating system specific
Support for Windows 2012 R2◦
◦ Support for Windows 8.1
◦ Support for Mac OSX 10.9
• Generic to tool
Added message to inform users about the result log.◦
◦ Added more clarity for representation of time in event logs.
◦ Added a warning message for shutting down backup applications at the start of the
application.
Known issues and limitations in L&TT 4.17
Virtual libraries and D2D
• L&TT support for the most recent releases of D2D emulated drives is broken for all emulated LTO
drive types, due to a change within the drive emulation behavior and therefore cannot be worked
around with previous versions of L&TT.
• L&TT support is limited to what can be done with emulated devices. Please use the relevant
Command View GUI for access to the support information for the physical device.
Tape libraries
• The MSL6480 does not currently support the Device Self-Test.
• Ethernet access specifics
Minimum firmware versions for LTO-5 drives: I58W, Y58W, Z58W◦
◦ Minimum firmware versions for LTO-6 drives: J27W, J2AS, 22CW, 32AW
◦ Firmware update over Ethernet updates the firmware but the drives are not always rediscovered
by the library on completion. HP recommends that you continue to use Command View TL
or the MSL RMI for updating drive firmware in libraries.
◦ Drive and L&TT behavior is unpredictable (and not fully tested) when the drive is being used
at the same time that L&TT is talking to it. It is recommended that the library is quiescent when
using L&TT over Ethernet, as is recommended for host access.
• In the front panel window, the ESL G3 library shows LTO-6 drives as LTO-5 drives. This is a library
firmware issue and will be fixed in a future library firmware release.
• The ESL G3 tape library does not offer diagnostic access over its host interface, which limits L&TT
to standard functionality. This still allows most of the library tests to be run, but pulling tickets and
updating firmware is not supported. Please use Command View TL to pull tickets and update
library firmware. Access to the drives is unchanged and full functionality is available
• When using L&TT on a Linux operating system, firmware downloads to an MSL2024 Library may
fail. If this happens, the firmware does get downloaded to the unit, but L&TT does not properly
reflect the status of the unit when the download completes.
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