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ITDT-SE

ITDT-SE/GE 9.5.2 build 20211117

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ITDT-GE - Tapeutil scripting

ITDT-SE 9.5.1 build 20210723

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ITDT-GE 9.5.0 build 20210517

ITDT-SE, ITDT-GE

Maintenance&Diagnostic

Tapeutil scripting

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ITDT-SE/GE 9.4.0 build 20200108

ITDT-SE, ITDT Library

  • Fix: Windows scripting ROS commands in TS4300 library are failing with 'invalid parameter'.
  • Fix: Blocksize for generic devices limited to 1 MiB.

    ITDT-GE

    Log Files

  • ITDT-SE/GE 9.4.0 build 20191202

    ITDT-SE, ITDT Library

    ITDT-GE

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.3.1 build 20190326

    Maintenance&Diagnostic

    Copy Perspective

    Tapeutil

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.3.0 build 20181029

    Maintenance&Diagnostic

    Tapeutil

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.3.0 build 20181024

    Maintenance&Diagnostic

    Tapeutil

    Log Files

    Others

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.3.0 build 20181005

    Maintenance&Diagnostic

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.3.0 build 20180927

    Maintenance&Diagnostic

    Tapeutil

    Log Files

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.3.0 build 20180829

    Maintenance&Diagnostic

    Log Files

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.2.0 build 20171204

    Maintenance&Diagnostic

    Copy Services

    Log Files

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.2.0 build 20170921

    Maintenance&Diagnostic

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.2.0 build 20170828

    Maintenance&Diagnostic

    Log Files

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.1.0 build 20161006

    (changes after build 20160926)

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.1.0 build 20160902

    (changes after build 20160825)

    ITDT-GE

    ITDT-SE


    ITDT-SE/GE 9.1.0 build 20160825

    (changes after build 20160818)

    ITDT-GE

    • Fix: Copy Services: Abort Button did not work.
    • Fix: FixCentral: Old service providers could not be updated and therefore the connection to IBM FixCentral could not be established.

    ITDT-SE

    • Fix: Firmware update for TS4500 disabled based on the transfer time and size.
    • Fix: Scripting commands: "logpage" and "logsense" did not work for pages > 128 bytes.
    • Fix: [N] NEXT was missing after a device has been opened.
    • Fix: TS3500/TS4500 differentiation in scripting "scan".

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.1.0 build 20160818

    (changes after build 20160801)

    Diagnostic/Maintenance

    • Fix: Library and Drive are not associated when scan the system.

    Tapeutil

    • Fix: Weird symbol is displayed after DD information.
    • Fix: Write command failed with Exit code 5.
    • Fix: ITDT GE got hang while listing the tape contents.
    • Fix: Blank space is missing in message in rwtest command.

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.1.0 build 20160801

    (changes after build 20160722)

    Diagnostic/Maintenance

    • Fix: ITDT scan option is only displaying the generic info from the devices

    ITDT-GE

    • Fix: Log File Viewer: Event Panel - Application crashed by issuing an ENTER/RETURN command.
    • Fix: Log File Viewer: Report Panel - Application crashed toggling and having an entry in the search field..
    • Fix: Tapeutil: the sand clock status never stops.
    • Fix: ITDT version displayed in "About ITDT" is wrong.
    • Fix: Log File Viewer: Progress indicator realigned, button FSC removed.

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.1.0 build 20160722

    (changes after build 20160614)

    ITDT-SE

    • Fix: Firmware update: 'DIR OK' field did not get updated after status false.
    • Fix: ITDT-SE online help: changed partition option for readattr and writeattr from 0|1 to 0|1|2|3.
    • Fix: Field Problem: ITDT cored when persistence name was direct under /dev/.

    ITDT-GE

    • Fix: Windows 2016 installer did work.
    • Fix: Electronic Customer Care Common Client - bios files were missing.


    ITDT-SE/GE 9.1.0 build 20160614

    (changes after build 20150914)

    Diagnostic/Maintenance

    • New: Added [-cqs Memorysize ] as parameter for tapephcp and ltfsphcp.
    • New: Added Support for partial scan.
    • New: Added exlude parameter for partial scan.
    • New: TS3500/TS4500 differentiation added - "HARDWARE VERSION" string set to "2" for TS4500.
    • New: ltfsphcp added VOL1 as optional parameter.
    • New: tapephcp/ltfsphcp added support for LTO-7.
    • New: Fullwrite, selection of default block size.
    • New: Write/Read/Verify and Write Test added Max Transfersize warning message.
    • New: Physical Copy, added progress bar and copy service completed notification dialog.
    • Fix: REWIND for SYSTEM test added.
    • Fix: Fix for Field problem: Physical Copy - reported value for data transfered and data rate are not correct.
    • Fix: Fix for Field problem: Fullwrite was not working as expected.
    • Fix: Issue reported by customer: data overrun for larger data in the Write and Write/Read/Verify Tapeutil tests.
    • Fix: Physical Copy: The RLL table contains multiple repeatable elements with the same length.
    • Fix: 'tapephcp' and 'ltfsphcp' did not support blocksize from 1MB.
    • Fix: Added Online help for Specify Device Manually.
    • Fix: Clean up of configuration file to avoid error messages during load.

    ITDT GE

    • New: Switched to Eclipse 4.5.2 Rich Client Platform.

    Log & Dump File Viewer

    • New: Common Format of all Log Sense Pages, dynamically parsing.
    • New: Log Page 0xC added description of Parameters 4,5,6,7and 8.
    • New: LogSense pages for TS3100/3200 and TS3500 added.
    • New: Add Persisted State function.
    • New: ECC is using now the "edge" - that's the replacement of serviceProviderIBM.xml
    • New: Added support for FCR 3316 - LTO7 increase counter sizes.
    • New: Added validation check for descriptor based decoding, new offset should include data type BINARY with length of 0 as valid entry.
    • New: Added support for z Level based Dump files.
    • New: CM Cartridge MFG, CM Cartridge EOD Information added support for LTO7.
    • New: Added Logsense Page decoding for 3573.
    • Fix: Sense page 0x31 changed ACL for Page Length field
    • Fix: Added FSC descriptions for 0x1055 and 0x7381.
    • Fix: Field Formatting Key/Value pair was not working (Log sene 3D and others).
    • Fix: Empty SCSI Trace tab was shown.
    • Fix: Search Function - scroll to position and Scrolling issue in Formated Text.
    • Fix: NullPointer Exception during File/Dump Open.
    • Fix: HW-Config was not decoded correctly for LTO-6 and LTO-7.
    • Fix: WriteReadVerify data overrun, xferSize member variable was of type 'long'.
    • Fix: CM Tape directory was not shown correctly.
    • Fix: Drive/Model detection based on LinkLevel and EC Level.
    • Fix: ITDT does not Extract dumps.

    Tapeutil Functions

    • New: Added new function Read/Write Attribute.
    • New: Added new function Force Channel Calibration.
    • New: Check LTFS readiness added new operating system supoport for OS X Mountain Lion and Maverick.

    Others

    • New: Operating System Support for RHEL 7, SUSE12, Windows 2016 and Linux PPC64 Little Endian
    • New: Microcode Online Update refresh list of prepocessed data.
    • New: Microcode Online Update added support for TS4500.
    • New: Microcode Online Update replaced ECC Common Client to version v2r2m0
    • New: Add Drive Physical Location to Read Element Status Descriptor.
    • New: Improved URL handling of updatesite_feature and updatesite_product.
    • New: Update Help for Scan, Partial Scan and Add Device Manually.
    • Fix: Min Max Window resize button causes redraw problem for shared elements within eclipse 4.5.2 environment.
    • Fix: Issue when About Dialog is called twice.
    • Fix: Handling of corrupted SETTING.xml configuration file.
    • Fix: Java memory optimization, removing of memory leaks.

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.0.0 build 20150914

    (changes after build 20150729)

    Log & Dump File Viewer

    • New: Added support for LTO-7 link levels starting with mf and mh.
    • New: ITDT-GE Help: Program Overview /Supported Devices - TS2270 added.

    Diagnostic/Maintenance

    • New: Manual Record: Model LTO-Gen7 and 3592E08 added

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.0.0 build 20150729

    (changes after build 20150609)

    ITDT-SE User Interface

    • New: Limited device list to 10 rows (used to be 12) to get more space on the page.
    • New: gz file extensions removed in help screens; added .dump. extension.
    • New: Realigned the expert functions to the bottom; removed "S+Enter ...", "Q+Enter ...", and "H+Enter ..." lines.
    • New: Extended "Expert Functions" with " for known devices"; added "Add Device Manually" to the help screen.
    • New: Added delay to message for the cleaning status checking.
    • New: Message for blz: adding info for blz.
    • New: Moved Cleaning Statistics to first Menu page

    Others

    • Fix: ITDT-SE/GE: System Test - Issue a Rewind after each blocksize to prevent degrading numbers.
    • New: ITDT-GE: Added icons to help toolbar.
    • New: For scripting command "write" changed maximum length of parameter -c from 7 to 10 characters.
    • New: ITDT-GE: Extended ECC behavior: download and install firmware files.
    • New: ITDT-GE: Reviewed and edited text of help contents. Moved content to separate pages (scan, dump, and update).
    • New: ITDT-SE: New installer, which does not require scrolling to read the installation disclaimer
    • Fix: ITDT-SE: Online help for FULLWRITE; parameter -percent was missing, parameter -pattern does not require "=".
    • Fix: ITDT-SE: Reviewed and edited text of install-disclaimer.txt
    • Fix: ITDT-GE: Updated ECC service provider.
    • Fix: ITDT-SE Library screening test passed but the library reported an issue

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.0.0 build 20150609

    (changes after build 20150514)

    Diagnostics

    • New: Added new feature for scripting command write. Once parameter "-c number" is specified the supplied filename will be used as pattern file and the amount of specified data records will be written.
    • New: Write custom data pattern at Full Write to recreate drive related problems.
    • New: Eject Cartridge added to the tests and to the online help.
    • New: Menu entry "Test" replaced with "Health Test".
    • Fix: Online help for Full Write, parameter -percent was missing, parameter -pattern does not require "=".
    • Fix: AIX devices kept open.

    Log & Dump File Viewer

    • Fix: Dump will not parse in ITDT V9.0.
    • Fix: Variable timeSince1970 of type int replaced with long to avoid data overrun.
    • Fix: Added missing FSCs for 1189 and 118A.

    Others

    • New: Replaced license for SE 9.0.0 - Program-unique Terms (PUT) removed.

    ITDT-SE/GE 9.0.0 build 20150514

    (changes after build 20141013)

    Diagnostics

    • New: LTO-7 diagnostic support
    • New: Keep cartridge loaded in case a test step failed before
    • New: Microsoft Windows: automatically change to administrator rights
    • New: Drive and Host Bus Adapter information will be displayed
    • New: Device Cleaning Statistics information
    • New: Updated IBM Fix Central meta information for new firmware
    • New: blz with drive dump will include the suffix “dump.blz”
    • New: Changed installation folder of ITDT-SE to subfolder ITDT
    • New: Physical Copy: for Unix platforms added detection of max. supported file size
    • New: Physical Copy: added support for hexadecimal input values for H*-B*-T*-L* format
    • New: ITDT-SE: redesign of menus
    • New: ITDT-SE: for Full Write added custom pattern
    • New: ITDT-SE: added additional text information before file extraction
    • New: ITDT-SE: added Eject function
    • New: ITDT-SE: introduced new install file naming scheme
    • New: ITDT-SE: added Cleaning Status check after selection of device
    • Fix: Problem fix for ITDT result code does not match with Tapeutil
    • Fix: Full Write: Block size selection will be re-shown as long as the customer selects a valid BS.
    • Fix: Full Write: Total written kbytes was wrong in BLZ file – data overrun
    • Fix: AIX program abort on VIO's environment
    • Fix: Microsoft Windows scan problem
    • Fix: Aix core dump during scan
    • Fix: logsense added new support for string values
    • Fix: VPD entry was missing on several dumps

    Others

    • New: Program Online Update
    • New: Migration to Eclipse RCP 4.4.2
    • New: Java Runtime (IBM JRE 7.1- v7r1SR2FP10)
    • New: Jar signing for each ITDT module
    • New: Runtime verification of product plugins
    • New: Installer based on Install Anywhere 2014SP1
    • Fix: Open the Online Help causes a GUI Error

    Log&Dump File Viewer

    • New: Product support for LTO-7
    • New: Dump Decoding: new Media Usage Information
    • Fix: DST (Daylight Saving Time) will now be considered in time calculation
    • Fix: Log Sense Page #11: was truncated
    • Fix: Log Sense Page #17: Added description for value 0x204
    • Fix: Log Sense Page #17: Attributes 0x200 – 0x204 added information for each partition
    • Fix: Log Sense Page #0x18: Second port was missing
    • Fix: CM Application Data is using 5 different IDs within CM Data section
    • Fix: SK/ASC/ASCQ 4/FC/00 in ITDT tool but not dmpview for JAG drive
    • Fix: Opening BLOB files fails
    • Fix: Changed algorithm of dump time calculation for LTO-6 dump time
    • Fix: CM EOD Information for all partitions
    • Fix: Unable to open 3592 E08 Dump
    • Fix: Repeated structures caused exception when string was empty