User manual QUANTUM SCALAR 10K 314A.00001 RELEASE NOTES 03-2007

[. . . ] Visit http://www. quantum. com for additional information about the Scalar 10K and previous releases. © March 2007 Quantum Corporation. Document 6-00016-31 Rev A Quantum, Scalar, DLT, DLTtape, the Quantum logo, and the DLTtape logo are all registered trademarks of Quantum Corporation. Other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. Release Notes Document 6-00016-31 Rev A March 2007 New Features and Enhancements The Scalar 10K 314 release includes the following new features and enhancements: Aisle Light Options · 0 0 The Scalar 10K library now provides the capability to set timer durations for the aisle lights using options available in the Operator Panel (Utils > Library > Lights). You can set the aisle lights to be on for two, four, six, eight, or ten hours, or you can set the lights to be continuously on. IBM LTO-3 Fibre Channel 4Gb Support · The Scalar 10K library now supports the integration of IBM LTO-3 4 Gb drives. 0 Logical Tape Drive Serial Number · 0 If a drive supports this feature, the Scalar 10K library can write a logical serial number to the drive that will always be the same for that drive position in the library. [. . . ] The gripper test should be run at boot, and the results printed in the log so the health of the gripper can be evaluated. The problem was caused by code sending a request for an extended status to the drive, which is only supported in SDLT drives. Version 304A. 00001 CR 30354 N/A Capture and log False Symptom Codes (FSCs) from drives. After being captured, the FSCs are logged by the Library SCSI Controller (LSC) and are visible through the Library Command Log. Send the tape's VOLSER to the drive so when drive information is extracted it will contain a meaningful VOLSER that a customer can locate. (LTO & 3592 drive types are the only ones that support this feature so far. ) The drive firmware code for TS1120 drives should be updated to ensure the library initializes the TS1120 drives properly. When the library gets many READ ELEMENT STATUS commands from SCSI (20-30/sec) the library may go Not Ready. Sled code incorrectly determines DDC boards to be LDC boards causing boot failures. 54701 54936 57293 CR 42442 N/A 4 Resolved Issues Release Notes Document 6-00016-31 Rev A March 2007 Change Request Number CR 43221 CR 47537 Service Request Number N/A SR 420534 Description Tape Alert (TA) information more accurately reflects the condition of the drive. When large amounts of data were passed to the host, high SCSI activity would cause a Service Action Code (SAC) A3 for the gripper. For example, the SAC A3 occurred when the library performed multiple tasks, such as teach the IE and attempting to send data to the host over SCSI bus. The Library SCSI Controller (LSC) became so busy it could not service responses to the gripper command and would post a SAC A3 on the operator panel. Now if the SCSI bus is busy performing large data transfers, the other operations will wait for the data transfer to complete before issuing additional commands to the gripper. When a drive was being varied online, the cartridges that were in other drives would be set to the default media type. When the cartridges that were in other drives were moved back to storage slots, the library could no longer place them back into a drive if their new media type was not the correct type for the drive. Now when a drive is being varied on line, the library will not set the media type of cartridges that are in other drives. Touch teach failures should not post operator panel messages for IE stations. The library notes the failure in the library log, but no longer posts the touch teach failure to the operator panel, because the library does not fail and the IE magazines can still be used to import and export the media. CR 51700 SR 461614 CR 52796 SR 465006 Resolved Issues 5 Release Notes Document 6-00016-31 Rev A March 2007 Change Request Number Service Request Number Description Version 303A. 00001 CR 49088 SR 448174 Opening and closing the I/E door during the vaulting operation causes the operation to fail If the I/E door is opened and closed while Netbackup is vaulting to the I/ E station, Netbackup vaulting operations can fail. If the vaulting operations fail, the operator must restart the vaulting job. Opening and closing the I/E door while the vaulting operation is in process is considered to be operator error. To avoid causing this failure during the vaulting process: · Open the I/E doors only when prompted to do so by Netbackup. · Open all of the I/E doors at the same time and remove all cartridges. · Close all of the I/E doors at the same time and make sure the lock light is on all I/E station doors that were closed prior to telling Netbackup to proceed with the vaulting operation. [. . . ] NOTE: Do not use Main Menu SetupCleaningMedia to perform this operation. This operation inserts the cartridges into the library database only. 41305 The usage count for the first cleaning cartridge increments when a second cleaning cartridge is used. Make sure that cleaning cartridges are inserted into the library by using the Insert Clean Tape command (Main MenuCommands Insert/ EjectInsert Clean Tape). This operation physically inserts the cartridges and also inserts them into the library database. NOTE: Do not use Main Menu SetupCleaningMedia to perform this operation. [. . . ]