This was interesting, so I'll share it here,

The library is a Quantum M1500, 2 frames stacked, with 4 Quantum LTO3
drives that show in windows as HP LTO 3.

To update the firmware to solve our errors during reclaim/move data I
first tried HP LTO3 firmware. The drives reported they were version G26Z
and HP's newer version is G54D. So looks good.  The update failed as
below, though.

It turns out Quantum Firmware is needed, but you can't apply it using the
Quantum TapeRx or DFU tool, you need to use the HP Library and Tape Tools.

So Quantum drives, Shown as HP LTO3 in windows, use Quantum firmware with
HP Library and tape tools to do the update, not the Quantum update tools.

Matt.



http://tsmwiki.com/tsmwiki/QuantumM1500

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Matthew Warren.
TSM Technical Specialist.
AIX & SAN Administrator.
Thesaurus Computing Services.
www.i-tcs.com



Robert Clark <Robert_Clark AT mac DOT com>
08/12/2006 22:09

To
Matthew Warren <Matthew.Warren AT I-TCS DOT COM>
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Subject
Re: [ADSM-L] HP LTO3 drives







Isn't there a tsmdlist command or something similar that you can run
from CMD?

Something similar to tapeutil?

[RC]

On Dec 5, 2006, at 9:57 AM, Matthew Warren wrote:

> Has anyone had trouble with firmware & HP Ultirum 3 drives under
> windows?
>
> We have two HP LTO3 960's (I believe, no-one is certain and I'm
> doing this
> all remotely....) on an Adaptec ultra320 SCSI card, in a quantum M1500
> library consisting of two stacks.
>
> We are currently seeing intermittent read/write errors on all drives
> connected to a scsi card at the same time, but only during
> reclamation.
> migration / stgpool backup go fine. I havent tested move data yet.
>
> The sense data and description seem to fit this problem for Sony AIT
> drives;  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21207591
>
> But on downloading firmware from HP for LTO3 drives, replacing TSM
> drivers
> with HP lto drivers so the HP Library and TapeTools can upgrade the
> firmware, the firmware upgrade fails stating 'The firmware is for the
> wrong personality of drive' or similar.
>
> .. I am chasing up that these drives are actually what people claim
> although this seems to be info lost to the ether. All I can see is
> 'Hewlett packard LTO Ultrium 3 drive' under windows - no
> differentaition
> as to wether 960 / 920 or an OEM version. Still, there is no firmware
> available I can find for the 920's, only the 960's. Any help on how to
> determine exactly what drives they are under windows would help :)
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt.
>
>
> --
> Matthew Warren.
> TSM Technical Specialist.
> AIX & SAN Administrator.
> Thesaurus Computing Services.
> www.i-tcs.com