User`s guide

Chapter 6 Maintaining Your Library

Maintenance Actions

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Updating Drive Firmware Using Update Tapes 6

It is important to verify that the library firmware version is compatible

with the new drive firmware version. To determine the appropriate drive

firmware, see the library’s Release Notes or contact Quantum technical

support. If you need to update drive firmware by using update tapes,

perform the following procedure.

If you are viewing a partition, drive firmware

update operations affect drives that are within the

partition only, and uses the I/E slots within the

partition. If you are viewing the physical library,

drive firmware update operations affect all drives.

1 Write down the Barcode number on the tape before inserting it into

the I/E Station.

2 Fr

om the 'Physical Library' view, insert the firmware tape(s) into any

I/E station slots in the library.

3 On the Update Drive Firmware dialog box, select FMR Tape.

Note

If you are in the “Logical Library” view, insert the

firmware tape(s) into I/E slots belonging to the

partition of the current 'Logical Library' view.