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Sony LIB-152

Date -
Manufacturer Sony
Interface SCSI
Media Type Tape Library
Device Attributes SpectraLogic library, 1-2 drives
Capacity 15 or 30 slots
Compression No
  Mac Windows
Status Qualified Qualified
Minimum Product Required Desktop Workgroup
Minimum Version Required 4.0 5.0
Minimum Driver Update N/A N/A
Minimum Firmware
Notes An issue has been discovered where specific tape libraries will sometimes report a hardware failure when Retrospect commands them to move a tape from a drive to a storage slot. This issue may affect any drive configuration although it has currently been reported only with AIT-3 (Sony SDX-700C) configurations:



Cybernetics CY-TL8-2015

Cybernetics CY-TL8-2030

Sony LIB-152

Sony LIB-152E

Sony LIB-302

Spectra Logic Spectra 2K (Treefrog, 2000)



This hardware issue affects both the Macintosh and Windows versions of Retrospect.



Spectra Logic has released a firmware update which resolves this problem.



Spectra Logic library customers can visit the following Spectra Logic web page for more details on obtaining the update:



http://www.spectralogic.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=support.kbArticle&CatID=313&kbaseID=369&x=9&y=10



Sony and Cybernetics library customers should contact Sony or Cybernetics directly for information on obtaining the newest library firmware which resolves this issue.



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If you are using Retrospect 5.0 on the Macintosh, this drive will require the Workgroup Edition or greater.
An issue has been discovered where specific tape libraries will sometimes report a hardware failure when Retrospect commands them to move a tape from a drive to a storage slot. This issue may affect any drive configuration although it has currently been reported only with AIT-3 (Sony SDX-700C) configurations:



Cybernetics CY-TL8-2015

Cybernetics CY-TL8-2030

Sony LIB-152

Sony LIB-152E

Sony LIB-302

Spectra Logic Spectra 2K (Treefrog, 2000)



This hardware issue affects both the Macintosh and Windows versions of Retrospect.



Spectra Logic has released a firmware update which resolves this problem.



Spectra Logic library customers can visit the following Spectra Logic web page for more details on obtaining the update:



http://www.spectralogic.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=support.kbArticle&CatID=313&kbaseID=369&x=9&y=10



Sony and Cybernetics library customers should contact Sony or Cybernetics directly for information on obtaining the newest library firmware which resolves this issue.

Qualified - Passed extensive in-house certification. Storage device is fully supported.

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