Update the Drive Firmware
Keep drive firmware up to date with the most current and supported drive firmware.
Make sure that the proper device driver is installed, if applicable. Use Windows Update to obtain the driver for an IBM tape drive. Download the driver from the HP website, if needed. For example, Oracle has qualified the HP LTO-5 and LTO-6 drives with Windows driver 3.5.0.0.
If possible, update drive firmware during periods when host applications are not heavily using of the library. The library cannot respond to host commands during the updates, which may take up to 20 minutes per tape drive.
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