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FMR tape maintenance
Select one of these options to make, update, and convert FMR tapes.
• Make an FMR tape from a CE scratch tape.
• Update an FMR tape from the drive.
• Update microcode from an FMR tape.
• Convert an FMR tape to a CE scratch tape.
If a tape cartridge with the wrong track format is loaded, a Tape write prot'd message displays.
Making FMR tape from CE scratch tape
Use this procedure to create an FMR tape from a CE scratch tape.
1. From the service panel, press Change Mode , and select CE Offline Mode.
2. From the CE Options menu, select FMR Tape, then Make FMR Tape.
3. When you are prompted, load a CE scratch tape. When the tape cartridge is loaded and the drive is
ready, select Process Loaded Tape. After the header information on the tape is changed, the final
status menu indicates that the operation was successful.
4. Select Unload Drive.
5. If it is not labeled, label the cartridge as the FMR tape and save the cartridge in a secure place.
6. Return the drive to the Operator Mode by pressing Change Mode
selecting Operator Mode.
Updating FMR tape from the drive
Use this procedure to update an FMR tape with microcode from the drive.
1. From the service panel, press Change Mode , and select CE Offline Mode.
2. From the CE Options menu, select FMR Tape, then Microcode Update menu.
3. When prompted, load the FMR tape. When the tape is loaded and the drive is ready, select Process
Loaded Tape.
4. If the EC level of the microcode in the drive is not on the cartridge, the microcode is copied from the
drive to the cartridge.
5. The EC level of the microcode is displayed with the Select EC Level screen.
6. Press Cancel.
7. Select Unload Drive.
8. Return the drive to the Operator Mode by pressing Change Mode
selecting Operator Mode.
9. Return to the procedure that sent you here.
Updating microcode from the FMR tape cartridge
Attention: Do not use this method of updating microcode if a controller is attached.
Use this procedure to update the drive microcode by using an FMR (field microcode replacement) tape
cartridge. Before this method is used, review Table 155 on page 217 for preferred methods.
1. From the service panel, press Change Mode , and select CE Offline Mode.
2. From the CE Options menu, select FMR Tape > Microcode Update.
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