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June 2010 Spectra nTier700 Backup and Archive Appliance
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3. If the library uses one of the tape drives to provide the robotic control
path through ADI, you may need to reinstall the Media Changer driver
using the Windows Add Hardware wizard. The Spectra Logic device
driver is located on the nTier700 system disk at:
C:\Program Files (x86)\SpectraLogic\drivers\
Spectra T Series Library Driver\SpectraMC.inf
Note: A medium changer driver is unnecessary in most configurations.
The general practice is for the software to control the library
directly, so there is no need for a robotics driver at the OS level.
Three known exceptions are for Windows RSM (Removable
Storage Manager), DPM (Data Protection Manager), and File
Migrator (or XenData). If you have one of these, right-click on
the Unknown Medium Changer and choose Update Driver…. Use
the Windows Add Hardware wizard to install the driver.
WORKING WITH THE HARDWARE COMPONENTS
Extending blades. After powering off a drive that needs replacing, pull
the blade containing the drive out from the chassis gently to prevent
possible vibration issues with the other drives, which are still powered
on and running.
Moving drives between blades or units. The drives in each blade are
configured as a single RAID set. Spectra Logic strongly recommends
against moving drives from one blade to another or from one Spectra
nTier product to another. Contact SpectraGuard Technical Support if
you want to move drives (see Contacting Spectra Logic on page 4).
Expanding capacity. Any upgrade to add one or more blades to the
originally purchased configuration must be performed by Spectra
Logic Technical Support (see Contacting Spectra Logic on page 4).
Removing a blade. The blades in the nTier700 are not hot-swappable or
hot-pluggable. Contact Spectra Logic Technical Support (see
Contacting Spectra Logic on page 4) if you need to remove a blade.
Caution
Moving drives from one blade to another or from one nTier to another can
potentially result in lost data.
Caution
Do not remove a blade unless specifically instructed to do so by Spectra Logic
Technical Support.