Exabyte 480, 440 manual Resetting the library

Chapter 4

Resetting the library

If the library has encountered an error and is still not operating after you have tried the corrective action for the error, you may need to reset the library. A reset causes the library and the tape drives to perform their power-on self tests. Unless configured otherwise, tape drives will rewind the tape after a reset, but will not eject the data cartridge.

Note: If the library is performing a cartridge move operation when it is reset, it completes the move operation before it performs the power-on self-test.

CAUTION

Before resetting the library, make sure the library or tape drives are not communicating across the SCSI bus. Resetting the library and tape drives may disrupt communications on the SCSI bus.

To reset the library, you can use one of the following methods:

￿Press >5HVHW@ on the operator panel, then press >(QWHU@ at the confirmation screen (or press >(VFDSH@ to cancel).

￿Perform a power-on reset by powering the library off, then back on.

￿Perform a remote hardware reset by plugging a cable into the remote reset port on the back of the library and press a reset button on the cable. (See Appendix A for more information.)

Note: The library, tape drives, or the entire SCSI bus can also be automatically reset by the host.

When the library is reset, both the library and tape drives perform power-on self-tests. Then the Main Screen appears on the LCD.

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