USER`s GUIDE - Tandberg Data
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1. yy Number of partitions ontape 1 Device overview Additional device info Device configuration Device operations m Erase tape Unload bape bus 3 id4 lun O Erase will perform a long security erase for SLR 2 5 For all other drives it will execute the security erase only when the box above is checked Retention will perform a wind rewind to end of tape and back to the beginning of tape if ap plicable for the given device Unload will unlock the drive if prevented by host and eject the tape Note SLR2 5 will be unlocked and logically unloaded tape not available for application but the tape will not be physically ejected To make the tape logically loaded the user must open and close the drive door Default partition if applicable will reset the number of partitions on the tape to 1 to ensure that the tape may be used to maximum capacity2. 3 FH HPLTO LTO 3 HH 1640LTO LTO 4 FH Page 3 of 12 TDkit The Configuration And Test Tool Using TDkit During startup the TDkit detects and displays connected adapters and devices The first tape drive detected if any will be selected and available data displayed Dkit 4 2 Function Help TANDBERG DATA Vendor id Product id Fy revision Serial number Made imm dd yy Device overview ATAPT ATAPT a a TANDBERG T5400 0330 400051900103 Additional device info bus 3 id4 lund NO MEDIUM INSERTED Device configuration Medium info Device operations Medium operations The upper part of the program panel shows the general information regarding the selected de vice and this part of the panel will always remain in sight The main menu on the top contains the following elements TANDBERG DATA Securing your Information Page 4 of 12 TDkit The Configuration And Test Tool KES aium ma Help Flash IG DATA SCSI rescan Exit vendor id TANDBERG Medium info Productid TS400 FW revision 0330 Serial number 400051900103 Made imm dd yy Additional device info Device configuration Device operations Medium operations ATAFI AT es AT es bus 3 id4 lun dO NG MEDIUM INSERTED Function Flash if activated starts a dialog leading to replacement of the device firmware Function SCSI rescan gives the operator the possibil
3. In other words this text tells you that the parameter values displayed are the same as the values presently saved in the device RAM These values will be lost when the device is powered down Most Tandberg Data devices hold an extra set of settings also in EEPROM These settings are assumed by the device after it 1s powered up Each time these two sets of configuration settings differ the Restore and Save buttons appears enabled implying that a user has a possibility to synchronize the two sets When pressing the Save button the current configuration will be saved in EEPROM and will thus be used at the next boot On the other hand clicking the Restore button sets the device into the EEPROM stored configuration In either case both buttons will be disabled to confirm the synchroniza tion TDkit 4 2 Function Help TANDBERG DATA vendor id TANDBERG Write protected NO Medium info Product id TS400 Medium type 28h Ultrium 2 F revision 0330 Density 42 h Ultrium Serial number 400051900103 Tape serial number NoSerialllo Made imm dd wy Mumber of partitions on tape 1 Additional device info Device configuration Medium operations Fu update Current device configuration e Hardware compression Restore Save bus3 id4 lund Note The EOWR parameter makes the drive simulate old 2 tape drives This is normally only used in some Unix systems Please refer to the SCSI programming manual for further infor mati
4. TDkit The Configuration And Test Tool TDkit USER s GUIDE CONFIGURATION AND TEST TOOL FOR TANDBERG TAPE DRIVES AND AUTOMATION PRODUCTS ULTRIUM Ed TANDBERG DATA Part No ASA P O Box 183 kern 43 33 28 06 N 0510 OSLO NORWAY Phone 47 22 18 90 90 Telefax 47 22 18 95 50 TDkit The Configuration And Test Tool Table of contents Introduction TDkit is a program that can be used to upload firmware inspect and change some of the device parameters and to execute some simple device operations It also gives the operator the possibility to perform tests that can be useful to check the reliability of the SCSI connection the device and the media The program has been tested thoroughly but may still contain bugs and features that our testing has not yet revealed Tandberg Data 1s not responsible for any damage this program may cause We appreciate any comments and bug reports on this product For any known issues see ReadMe rtf in TDkit program folder System Requirements TDkit runs in Windows 32 bit environments such as Win2000 Win2003 and XP Under these sys tems it can be used either with the ASPI driver which must be obtained separately or Windows native SCSI pass through interface SPTI The SPTI interface is part of the Windows NT plat form and requires no installation The TDkit will use the ASPI driver if installed otherwise the SPTI is used However even if the ASPI driver
5. be included each time you report program bugs Product Name T DKIT or Copyright Tandberg Data 45 4 2003 2008 Version identification TD kit 44 of 14 02 2008 15 40 46 PPC Toolkkit 4 7 TE040208 1 3 TE of 13 02 2008 11 47 56 SCSI interface SFTI Supported OS Wirnek Pro sp4 Wins P Pro spe winka Server AZ General remarks Note Throughout the program execution some of the controls presented on screen may be dis abled at times The explanation 1s that either the selected device does not support the corre sponding feature or the function is unavailable in the given context e g Erase or Unload when the media is not loaded The controls are automatically re enabled as soon the func tion is applicable The user can at all times see a status bar at the bottom The respective fields of the status bar show the following information e The leftmost three fields contain the selected device SCSI address e The next field either shows an operation in progress in green or indicates an error sit uation in red e The next to last field is used only during the I O test to show the number of bytes pro cessed so far e The rightmost field monitors the executing SCSI commands TANDBERG DATA Page 6 of 12 Securing your Information TDkit The Configuration And Test Tool The tab selected pages Clicking the respective page tabs will display the different pages depending on the actions the user wants see below De
6. is in place use of SPTI may be forced by using a run time option SPTI in an shortcut on the desktop Or use the TDkit SPTI shortcut in Start All Programs TDkit directory User s Guide pdf g TDOkit g TDkitSPTI TDkit with SPTI must be used in all Windows x64 bit environments Win XP Win 2003 There is no ASPI support for the x64 bit Windows environment Note Some systems already have drivers installed for the SCSI devices that may block the access for TDkit driver In this case it may be necessary to uninstall the device driver to allow access for the TDkit driver Sometimes the tape device may be in use or reserved by some application or services To avoid this situation the application or services using the device should be stopped or turned off before the TDkit can be started One service to look for when using Medium Changers is the 4 Removable Storage Started Just stop the service temporarily before running TDkit Automatic Local System TANDBERG DATA Page 2 of 12 Securing your Information TDkit The Configuration And Test Tool Supported devices e TD StorageLoader e TD StorageLibrary T40 e TDC 3500 e TDC 3700 e TR4 e NS8 Pro e NS20 Pro e SLR2 e SLR3 e SLR4 e SLR4DC e SLR5 e SLR7 e SLR24 e SLR32 e SLR40 e SLR50 e SLR60 e SLR75 e SLR100 e SLR140 TANDBERG DATA Securing your Information 220LTO LTO 1 HH 420LTO LTO 2 HH 820LTO LTO 3 HH 840LTO LTO
7. ity to rescan the SCSI bus if new de vices are connected or disconnected Note that some operating systems do not support discon necting of devices and a hang situation may then occur A system restart is in some cases nec essary to cure such situation Advice Do not remove devices unless you are certain that your system does support it Function Detect tape if checked default causes the program to periodically poll for medium status changes and update the media related information on the screen automatically The default selection can be suppressed by using the run time option IDLE In either case the user may freely trigger suspend the polling using this menu option Note When polling is disabled the Medium info button appears on the screen Using this button the user can manually update the medium information at any time Function Exit EXIT button and border icon X in the top line all close the program and return to the operating system This function is supported since version 3 1 This function is only present in some earlier versions Commencing with version 4 0 the media information is automatically updated at program start after a rescan after a device selection and other relevant infrequent events TANDBERG DATA Page 5 of 12 Securing your Information TDkit The Configuration And Test Tool Help About displays the program and all its component versions This information should
8. on The button marked FW update facilitates device upgrade When pushed the user will be prompted to locate the file with the applicable binary code after which the flashing process will commence When completed the device information on the screen will be automatically updated In case that the flashing fails e g a corrupt or not applicable binary file was sup plied the user will be notified but the device will not be affected Device operations TDkit 4 3 Function Help TANDBERG DATA Vendor id TANDBERG Write protected NO Medium info Productid T5400 Medium type 28 h Ultrium 2 FW revision 0376 Density 42 h Ultrium2 Serial number 400053700773 Tape serial number Made mm dd yy Number of partitions on tape 1 Device overview Additional device info Device configuration Device operations Medium operations SESI connection test I O test Extended Device diagnostics bus 2 id 5 lun0 Passed SCSI connection test writes and reads data to and from the tape device data buffer This makes it possible to verify whether the SCSI connection is reliable This test does not require a tape in the drive If there is a tape in the drive the data will not be destroyed I O test writes data to a tape rewinds and reads the data back and compare them with the write buffer contents The test will run for several minutes and will show the result with Passed or Failed If the test fails a cor
9. responding SCSI error message will be displayed Hardware compression is disabled during the test Extended I O test does the same as I O test but will give the user an option to determine how many MB to be written and read Note This test expects a cartridge to be in the drive and the data on the tape if any will be over written Device diagnostics when executed on behalf of a loader device will load the drive from the first magazine slot note that this slot must contain a writable cartridge perform an I O test and return the cartridge back into the magazine When executed on behalf of a tape drive the Device diagnostics test will perform the prede fined selftest sequence 2 and run up to 50 minutes drive dependent and at the end will dis play the result with Passed or Failed If the test fails a corresponding SCSI error message will be displayed The fault condition will also result in flashing the amber failure led the rightmost front drive led See the following manuals for more information 430743 TANDBERG SCSI INTERFACE FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS Send Diagnostics 430444 TANDBERG SLR REFERENCE MANUAL Selftest and Diagnostics Medium operations Function Help TANDBERG DATA Vendor id TANDBERG Write protected HO Medium info Product id T5400 Medium type 28 h Ultrium 2 Fi revision 0330 Density 42h Ultrium Serial number 400051900103 Tape serial number NoSertallo Made imm dd
10. tory log is no longer supported TANDBERG DATA Page 8 of 12 Securing your Information Drive Info Usage amp History Log SERRE EAREEAEEREES DERIVE INFOSUSACE amp HISTORY LOG TD kit 4 2 on 4 23 2007 12 18 29 BM Fee eee eee EEE EE EES Type T5400 Fatal Trap Frame Fost Diag History 4D0C210 00 21 03 Postl Aidzl FW O330D0000 FFETCABS hidd aN 4000519500103 O8007E7s Aidle S N S0040302 2 ZO031030 kiddos agaaga hidos 8 oooodo0d kiddos 42 ooo00o30 Aidl F56ETAZEl3 i oooodo0d Aiddd ooo0gdo00 Aidzo agaaga oooodo0d tn in a a m S m S ma S ma S oOo oOnhN ooo fRun Fail CAHGHPO Mode ooo SCSI SendDiag 3 HeadType od StandaloneDiag E E MM thres ruyfera o302 ECC 337533 WrElocks 445332 EEPROM Few lz Rellrites Previous Sat BdBlocks 5433365 Format oo BPeReads Result 0g Failing AID PowOn PowOnTime Oooz7e92 Timest amp ooocoo00o CartLoads Funtime OOOOOESS HeadBrush PunSinceClean oooco0ESs DPiagCont ooodooodooo0o00n Cleanings CleaniInd Supported tape formats Enabled Formats Wr Co LTOl Enabled Formats Fd Co LTOL BunT ime ooooooo0e ooooooo0o OOOOOESF ooooooo0o Log Sense Fage 33 Fowdn BunTinme Med ID SE AS AQ IE Tmp Opt Device configuration See the snapshot on the next page The text Current device configuration displayed on this page signifies that the settings shown correspond to the current device configuration
11. ur Information Page 7 of 12 TDkit The Configuration And Test Tool Function Help TANDBERG DATA Vendor id TANDBERG Write protected NO Productid TS400 Medium type 28h Ultrium 2 Fy revision 0330 Density 42h Ultrium Serial number 400051900103 Tape serial number NoSeriallo Made imm dd yy Mumber of partitions on tape 1 Device overview Additional device info Device configuration Device operations Medium operations Memdumpe History log bus3 id4 lund The Memdump button causes a full drive memory dump to be taken over SCSI for failure analysis Before a dump is taken the user must indicate the file where the dump will be saved Note that the dump is formatted in ASCII but due to its specific contents it is basically in tended only for the Tandberg Data staff Note also that the button may be disabled in case that the drive in question does not support this facility The History Logt button which also is available only when applicable provides important account of the latest drive events It takes a few moments before the log is prepared during which time the status line informs the user to wait bus 5 id1 lun History log generation READ BUFFER As soon as the log generation is over the log automatically appears in a separate window and it s contents may be saved at an arbitrary location as a text file Commencing with version 3 0 the print button of the His
12. vice overview See the snapshots above The detected devices are represented by icons indicating the device class When holding the cursor over an icon the device class and its full SCSI address appears as a hint The currently selected device has the icon framed in a blue square Another device may be selected either by clicking on its icon or by moving the selection frame about using the arrow keys Additional device info Function Help TANDBERG DATA Vendor id Product id FY revision 81320253986 Made imm dd yy Serial number Device overview l Device configuration Device operations Medium operations bus 3 id lund The meaning of the Cleaning flag status is also displayed in text Cleaning not needed in green or Cleaning needed in red Note that some older products like SLR2 5 do not sup TANDBERG SLR100 of40 YYYYYYYY Drive usage Power on hours 2082 35 hours minutes Number of cartridge loads 266 irite protected HO Medium info Medium type T h SLRtapedtt Density 34h ALRFAI Tape serial number 1051 D01 Number of partitions on tape Memdump Cleaning Cleaning flag status 0 Cleaning not needed Number of cleanings 5 Motion hours since last Cleaning 00 50 hours minutes port this information others e g TS400 only in part gt In earlier version the page tabs were located at the bottom TANDBERG DATA Securing yo
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