When a firmware upgrade (FUP) tape is no longer needed, you can erase it and reuse it as a data cartridge.
Use this operation only when you need to reuse a FUP tape as a data cartridge. It is not necessary to erase a FUP before updating it with new tape drive firmware. Do not perform this operation to erase a date cartridge. This operation will fail if you attempt to erase a data cartridge.
The tape drive and affected partition will automatically be taken offline during the operation and brought back online when the operation is completed. You will be asked to confirm that you want to take the tape drive and partition offline.
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NOTE: If your library has zero import/export (I/E) station slots configured, you cannot perform this operation. See About I/E Station Slots for more information. |
Users with administrative privileges can erase FUP tapes, but users with user privileges cannot.
The following procedure requires you to have access to both the remote Web client and the local operator panel. If you need to perform this procedure remotely, you must first insert the FUP tape that you want to erase into the library's topmost I/E station slot before performing this procedure from a remote location.
The Tools - Drive Operations screen appears.
The Erase Firmware Tape screen appears.
The Erase Firmware Tape screen appears. This screen lists the available tape drives. You can select only empty tape drives to perform this operation. If the tape drive you want to use contains a tape cartridge, you will need to unload it first. The Status column on the screen indicates whether the tape drive is empty or full. For more information on unloading a tape drive, see Unloading Tape Drives.
The Erase Firmware Tape screen appears.
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NOTE: If there is more than one page of tape drives, use the Page 1 of x arrows to view the additional tape drives. |
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NOTE: Bold column headings in the table can be sorted. For example, selecting the Location column heading will sort by location coordinates. |
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NOTE: To verify that the FUP tape is loaded in the topmost I/E station slot, click View IE Stations. The Library Configuration Report screen appears. See the Viewing the Library Configuration Report for more information about this report. |
The Progress Window appears. The Progress Window contains information on the action, elapsed time, and status of the requested operation. Erasing a FUP tape takes approximately 3 minutes. Do one of the following:
- If Complete appears in the the Progress Window, the FUP tape operation was completed. Check to see if a Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) ticket was generated for this operation. For information on RAS tickets, see Working With RAS Tickets.
- If Failure appears in the the Progress Window, the tape drive firmware update did not complete. Follow the instructions listed in the Progress Window to resolve any issues that occurred during the operation.
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