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SDLT 600 Product Manual Chapter 5: Using Your Tape Drive
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5.2 Performing a Trial Back-up
Complete the following steps to perform a trial backup and verify correct tape drive installation:
• Insert a data cartridge. Push the data cartridge completely into the system. The tape will load
automatically.
• Choose a sample file set from the host computer.
• Create a backup file and then restore the file set. If the backup file completely restores, without any
errors, you installed the system correctly.
• If you experience errors, doublecheck the tape drive’s configuration and setup, using the ideas
provided in
“Troubleshooting” on page 5-12 .
• After you have exhausted all troubleshooting alternatives, contact your service representative.
• Press the Eject button to unload the data cartridge. If you are unsure which button is the Eject
button, refer to
Figure 5-2 on page 5-9 .
N OTE : You can review specific instructions for loading a data cartridge in
Appendix A , “Super DLTtape I and Super DLTtape II Data Cartridges”
and Appendix B , “DLTtape VS1 Data Cartridge”
5.3 Updating the Firmware
When you need to update the firmware in a tape drive, you can do it either of two ways:
• By directly using the SCSI bus
• By creating a firmware image data cartridge (CUP/FUP) to use in either a manual firmware update
or in a library setting.
DLTSage provides the tool that allows you to update the tape drive’s firmware using the SCSI bus, or
to create a CUP/FUP data cartridge for an SDLT 600 tape drive. DLTSage is available on Quantum’s
web site, http://www.quantum.com.
Section 2.5, “Quantum Diagnostics Tools,” in Chapter 2 provides
details on locating DLTSage in Quantum’s web site.
The following subsections briefly describe both methods of updating the tape drive firmware.