Grass Valley T2 Classic iDDR SP2 - Manual (Page 24)

24 T2 Maintenance Manual June 11, 2010
Chapter 2 Maintenance Procedures
Using the Maintenance Tools
The Maintenance Tools is software for performing maintenance procedures such as
running a failure diagnosis on the T2 or backing up data.
You can perform the following procedures using the Maintenance Tools. Refer to the
specific topics for more information.
• Media drive maintenance
- "Media disk error checks" on page 25
- "Defragmentation of media disk" on page 26
• Data maintenance
- "Checking the data consistency" on page 28
- "Initializing the data" on page 30
- "Backing up the data" on page 31
- "Restoring the data" on page 33
• System related maintenance
- "Acquiring the system information" on page 35
- "Exporting log files" on page 36
Launching the Maintenance Tools
The Maintenance Tools is launched automatically when you start the maintenance
mode. This section describes the procedure to the launch the Maintenance Tools again
when the Maintenance Tools is closed in the maintenance mode (from the Windows
desktop).
For more information on how to start the maintenance mode, refer to "Starting the
maintenance mode" on page 21 .
NOTE: A mouse must be connected to your T2 beforehand.
1. Double-click the Maintenance Tools icon on the Windows desktop.
• You can also launch the Maintenance Tools by double-clicking C:/Eiger/
Eiger.Mainte.ToolMain.exe.
• The Maintenance Tools is launched.
Closing the Maintenance Tools
This section describes the procedure to close the Maintenance Tools and to display
the Windows desktop.
For more information on how to exit the maintenance mode, refer to "Exiting the
maintenance mode" on page 22 .
CAUTION: You must finish a diagnosis using the Maintenance Tools prior to
closing the Maintenance Tools.
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