VAX (vertical) robotic column was aligned again in the library and it is functional now. We are asking Spectra if it is expected this maintenance to happen frequently and if not, why the problem is re occurring.
All 5 PL/archive allocations listed previously are operational again.
Posted Feb 22, 2021 - 13:46 MST
Update
Spectra engineer is arriving on site. StrongBox management software will be shutdown shortly. At this point the following allocations will be unaccessible:
We are waiting for Spectra arrival on site. The 5 allocations on /pl/archive remains operational. As soon as the engineer arrives we will inform here and shutdown the software manager device.
Posted Feb 22, 2021 - 08:48 MST
Scheduled
We are receiving alerts regarding move failures in our Spectra Tape Library. Those errors may again require a column alignment similar to what was done in November, 2020. Some tests confirm that files can still be accessed even in the presence of those errors (including files only hosted in tapes). So, there is a chance that we are experiencing something different this time.
We are scheduling a downtime from 8am to 12:00 on Monday for a Spectra engineer to come on site, determine the cause of the recent events and apply any needed correction.
The allocations that will be affected by the downtime are: /curcZone/pl/archive/anschutz-test /curcZone/pl/archive/calipso_zhu /curcZone/pl/archive/ics /curcZone/pl/archive/mfix /curcZone/pl/archive/VertZoo
We will post updates as we learn more about those errors on Monday and inform when the allocations above are available again.