Chapter 7 Installing, Removing, and Replacing
Adding, Removing, and Replacing Tape Drives
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library automatically upgrades the UDS firmware if the firmware on
the newly inserted UDS is different than the library’s current UDS
firmware. Firmware downloads may take about 15 minutes.
7
Check the tape drive’s LEDs to make sure that the drive functions
correctly.
When the UDS firmware is downloading, the green LED is solidly lit
for three seconds and then blinks twice. If the blue and amber LEDs
never become lit, reinstall the tape drive.
8
Connect the host interface cables to the tape drive.
9
Take the tape drive online.
a
From the
Operations
menu, select
Drive > Change Mode
.
The
Change Drive Mode
screen appears.
b
Locate the tape drive that you want to take online.
c
In the
New
column, click
Offline
to change the button status to
Online
.
10
If necessary, update drive firmware by following the instructions
provided in
Updating Library and Tape Drive Firmware
on page 163.
The library can use the drive immediately after the tape drive
firmware is downloaded.
Permanently Removing a
Tape Drive
7
These instructions explain how to remove a tape drive that you do not
intend to replace with another one. You may want to permanently
remove a tape drive from your library if you are decreasing the size of
your SAN or reducing the number of partitions in your library.
You can remove a tape drive while the library is powered on. Do not,
however, remove a tape drive that is currently in use.
Required tools:
None
1
Prepare host applications for tape drive removal.
2
Save the library configuration.
3
If there is a tape cartridge in the target tape drive, use the web client
to eject it.
4
Using the web client, delete the partitions that uses the target tape
drive. Then re-create the partition, if desired, using another tape
drive.