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Maintenance problems, Maintenance, Problems – Dell TL2000 User Manual

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Ensure

that

SAS

Cables

are

properly

attached.

Refer

to

“Connecting

the

Host

Interface

Cable”

on

page

4-12.

v

Backup

Application

Installation:

Refer

to

the

documentation

included

with

your

backup

application

software

for

instructions

on

how

to

verify

proper

installation.

v

Device

Driver

Installation:

Ensure

that

the

proper

device

driver,

if

applicable,

is

installed

for

the

library.

Note:

Many

backup

applications

use

their

own

drivers

for

the

library

and

drive.

Before

installing

a

driver,

make

sure

it

will

not

be

in

conflict

with

the

software.

Contact

your

Backup

Application

vendor

for

this

information.

Maintenance

Problems

Many

problems

can

be

resolved

by

a

firmware

upgrade.

Ensure

that

both

the

library

and

drive

firmware

are

at

the

latest

levels

available.

To

determine

current

library

and

drive

firmware

levels:

v

Library

firmware:

Monitor

Library

Identity

Version

v

Drive

firmware:

Monitor

Drives

Identity

(select

a

drive)

Firmware

Rev

Most

library

or

drive

errors

will

result

in

an

error

code

or

error

message

on

the

Operator

Control

Panel

display.

An

error

code

history

is

maintained

in

the

library

or

drive

error

log.

See

“View

Drive

Logs”

on

page

5-51

for

how

to

get

the

error

log

over

the

Operator

Control

Panel

and

“View

Logs”

on

page

5-51

to

view

logs

using

the

Web

User

Interface.

v

CRUs

(Customer

Replaceable

Units):

The

library

consists

of

the

following

CRUs:

Control

Card

(electronics,

processor,

memory,

etc.)

Power

Supply

Drive

Sled

(drive

plus

drive-to-library

connectivity)

Cartridge

Magazines

v

Service

Spare:

Library

Enclosure

(accessor,

Operator

control

panel

display,

etc.)

v

Other

Possible

Replacement

Parts:

Data

Cartridges

Cables/Terminator

Important:

Before

replacing

any

CRU

and

after

finding

the

problem

and

performing

any

listed

actions

listed

in

the

Troubleshooting

Table

below,

be

sure

to

review

the

“Procedures

for

Isolating

CRU

Problems”

on

page

7-8

to

help

confirm

the

failing

CRU.

The

following

table

is

the

starting

point

for

all

service

issues.

Find

the

reason

which

closest

resembles

the

problem

you

are

experiencing

and

perform

the

listed

action.

Table

7-1.

Troubleshooting

table

Problem

Solution

Power

7-2

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PowerVault

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Tape

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