Spectra logic Spectra 10k Manual

Tape Carousel Upgrade Guide for Spectra Logic Libraries

Part Number 90840073

Revision F

Tape Carousel Upgrade Guide for Spectra Logic Libraries

Tape Carousel Upgrade Guide

for Spectra Logic Libraries

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Notices

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Introduction

About this Manual

This manual describes the procedure for removing and replacing the carousel in the Spectra Logic tape

libraries. Use this manual if you are upgrading your library from a smaller capacity carousel to a larger

capacity carousel.

This manual is also useful if you need to remove and replace the carousel for maintenance reasons or as an

intermediate step in another procedure.

Contents

Introduction ..........................................................................................................3

Background Information ......................................................................................4

Prepare the Library and Host System...................................................................5

Disassemble the Library .......................................................................................6

Move the Sony Drives Away From the Carousel .................................................7

Remove the Carousel............................................................................................8

Carousel Diagram.................................................................................................9

Prepare the New Carousel ..................................................................................10

Install the New Carousel ....................................................................................12

Assemble the Library .........................................................................................13

Configure the Library and Replace the Tapes ....................................................14

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Background Information

Who can do this?

You need to feel comfortable working inside electronic equipment and should have some experience

installing and removing mechanical devices in computers. You also need to be familiar with the operating

system on the host computer, and with operating your library.

What you need to do this.

• a #1 phillips screwdriver, at least 6 inches long from the tip to the bottom of the handle

• a ¼ inch flat blade screwdriver

You need a carousel replacement kit from Spectra Logic. Multiple replacement kits are available.

• Spectra 4000/5000, 20 to 60 slot FRU upgrade kit: 90841500

• Spectra 4000/5000, 40 to 60 slot FRU upgrade kit: 90841501

• Spectra 4000/5000, 20 to 40 slot FRU upgrade kit: 90841502

• Spectra 9000, 20 to 40 slot FRU upgrade kit: 90849001

• Spectra 10000, 20 to 40 slot FRU upgrade kit: 92848057

Obtain a password from Spectra Logic technical support.

Alert: If you are upgrading the library to a larger capacity carousel, at the end of this procedure you

will update the library configuration to recognize the larger carousel. The library will not rec-

ognize the larger carousel without this update.

You need the library serial number to obtain a password from Spectra Logic technical support. The password

allows access to the

MFG screen to update the library configuration.

1. Access the Spectra Logic screen and write down the library serial number in the table below.

2. Call Spectra Logic technical support at 1-800-399-3585 and tell us what you are doing. You will be

given a password for upgrading the carousel size. Write the password in the table below.

Figure 1: Spectra Logic Screen

The library serial number is above the manufactured date.

(Do not use the serial number in this figure, it will not work for your library.)

Table : Serial Number and Password for your library

Serial number for YOUR library

Password from Spectra Logic technical support

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Prepare the Library and Host System

Remove all tapes from the drives and the library.

1. Access the main GUI screen. Note if any tape drives are

LOADED.

2. Move all tapes out of the library and drives; use the library’s bulk unload feature or your backup soft-

ware.

3. Close the rotary door on the library. When all tapes are removed from the library, press the library door

button on the outside of the library and close the library door. When the door is closed, the tape slot on

the door faces in.

Warning: The library door MUST BE CLOSED before you continue.

Shut down the library and the host system.

1. Perform a complete system shut down. Exit all programs running on the host computer and switch

OFF the power to the host computer, the library, and any other attached equipment and SCSI periph-

erals.

Warning: Electrical shock hazard inside the library and can cause injury or death. Disconnect

the AC power to the library before removing the cover. Never connect AC power to

the library with the cover removed.

Warning: Possible visible laser light source inside the library and can cause serious,

permanent eye injury. Never connect the AC power to the library with the cover

removed.

2. Disconnect all connections to the library.

• Disconnect the AC power cord from the wall outlet and the rear of the library.

• Disconnect the SCSI cables from the rear of the library.

• If applicable, disconnect the serial cable from the RS-232 port on the rear of the library.

3. Move the library to a location where you have access to all sides of the library and sufficient table space

to place parts and work comfortably.

Note: You may find it easiest to remove the carousel when you are facing the rear of the library.

Warning: The library is heavy, about 56 lbs. Get help moving the library.

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Disassemble the Library

Remove the Cover

1. Loosen or remove the library cover screws on the rear of the library. You will need either the #1

phillips screwdriver or the flat blade screwdriver. On libraries with phillips screws, the screws are the

captive type and cannot be removed from the cover. Loosen the screws sufficiently to fully disengage

the screws from the library frame. Flat blade screws must be completely removed from the library.

If the library is a horizontal unit, three screws hold the cover in place. If the library is a vertical unit,

four screws hold the cover in place.

2. Slide the cover toward the rear of the library about ½inch, see Figure 3; this releases the side clips

holding the cover to the library faceplate.

3. Remove the cover by lifting it straight up, and set it aside, see Figure 4.

4. If the library is a vertical unit, lay the library on its side with the carousel and drives facing up.

Figure 2: Library cover screws on a horizontal unit

Figure 3: Slide cover back Figure 4: Lift cover

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Move the Sony Drives way From the Carousel

If you are removing the carousel from the 0000 library, continue reading here.

If you are removing the carousel from the 4000, 5000, or 9000 libraries, skip to page 8.

The Sony AIT tape drives in the Spectra 10000 library need to move back and away from the carousel before

you can remove it; the guides on the face of the tape drives interfere with removing the carousel. You do not

need to disconnect any cables or remove the drives from the library.

Warning: If you try to remove the carousel without moving the drives, you may damage the

drives, the carousel, or both.

1. Use the #1 phillips screwdriver to loosen the two captive screws on each drive sled assembly in the

library, see Figure 5.

Note: Captive screws cannot be completely removed from the drive mounting assembly. Loosen the

screws sufficiently to disengage them from the chassis.

2. Gently lift the rear of the drive assembly up, off the chassis, a little bit. This action loosens the tongue

that holds the front of the drive assembly in place.

3. Grip the drive and mounting bracket and slide the drive toward the rear of the library until it stops,

about one inch.

Note: The drives may not move easily. Keep at it, as the drives MUST be moved out of the way before

you can remove the carousel.

Figure 5: Mounting screws on drive sled assembly. (Rear panel removed for clarity.)

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Remove the Carousel

1. Use the #1 phillips screwdriver to loosen the eight captive screws holding the carousel to the library

chassis. See Figure 7 on page 9 for the locations of the screws around the carousel frame.

Note: Captive screws cannot be completely removed from the carousel frame. Loosen the screws

sufficiently to disengage them from the chassis.

2. Rotate the robotic arm so that the jaws that grip the tape point to the rear of the library. The carousel

will not come out unless the gripper jaws face the rear of the library. The black arrow in Figure 6 points

the robotic arm. The arm is pointed in the correct position to remove and install the carousel.

3. Remove the carousel.

Alert: Removing the carousel requires finesse, not force. The base of the robotic arm is not a circle,

therefore the carousel will not lift straight up and out of the library. The carousel comes out eas-

ily if done correctly.

Warning: Using force to remove the carousel will damage the carousel or other components

in the library.

• Lift the carousel up and off the guide pins, about ½ inch.

• Lift the front of the carousel even with, or a little higher than, the base of the robotic arm.

• Move the carousel toward the rear of the library a little bit so the front of the carousel touches the

robotic arm base.

• Lift the rear of the carousel above the robotic arm base. The carousel should now be clear of the ro-

botic arm base and you can lift it up and out of the library.

Note: The white arrow in Figure 6 points to an opening in the library side panel where the carousel

tends to get caught. If this happens, you need to spread the library side panels apart just a bit.

• Set this carousel aside; you will not need it for the remainder of this procedure.

Figure 6: Top view of library showing the proper orientation of the gripper arm, (black arrow).

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Carousel Diagram

Figure 7: Top view of the carousel showing the screw and guide pin locations.

The screw and guide pin locations are the same on all carousels.

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Prepare the New Carousel

This procedure is only necessary if more than one drive is installed in your library.

If only one drive is in the library, skip to page 2.

Background information.

Three tape slots on every carousel have a dual purpose; they can be either storage slots for tapes or pass

through slots to access drives. The absence or presence of backstops determines whether a carousel slot is a

pass through slot or a storage slot. These combination locations are marked on the top of the carousel with

both the tape slot number and the drive number.

The new carousel comes with tape backstops installed in drive positions 2, 3, and 4 making these locations

tape storage slots. You need to remove the backstop(s) from each carousel position where a drive is located.

Remove tape backstops from the Spectra 9000 and Spectra 0000 carousels.

If you are installing the carousel in a Spectra 4000 or Spectra 5000 library, skip to page .

The backstops on the 8mm carousel are fastened to the upper carousel ring with two phillips screws, see

Figure 8. Use the #1 phillips screwdriver to remove two screws that fasten the backstop to the carousel. Do

this for each position on the carousel that needs to be a pass through slot for drive access. The two black

arrows in Figure 8 point to the two screws that hold a backstop in place.

Table 2:

Tape Cartridge Locations vs. Drive Numbers for 20, 40 and 60 Slot Carousels

20 Tape Carousel 40 Tape Carousel 60 Tape Carousel a

a. Spectra 4000 libraries only

Drive 2=tape slot 23 Drive 2=tape slot 43 Drive 2=tape slot 6

Drive 3=tape slot 22 Drive 3=tape slot 42 Drive 3= tape slot 60

Drive 4=tape slot 2 Drive 4=tape slot 4 Drive 4=tape slot 59

Figure 8: Backstops and backstop screws on the Spectra 9000 and Spectra 10000 carousel.

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