PoINT Jukebox Manager - Service Pack 3

Modification History

Service Pack 3

Added support for new optical libraries:
- ISDM INFOBANK i105 and i560
Improvments for Volume Set handling:
- When activating a magazine or jukebox, Volume Set media will be activated if the Volume Set is active.
- If a Volume Set spans only one media, it was scanned synchronously when activating the Volume Set. If scan is required it will now be scanned in the background.
Bugfix: Avoid and fix a database inconsistency which occurred if computer has been shut down while PoINT Jukebox Manager scanned a newly inserted magazine.

Service Pack 2

PoINT ECR now supports 100 GByte BD-R media
Added support for "PoINT Storage Manager - PoINT Jukebox Manager Connector"
This update adds functionality which is required by the "PoINT Jukebox Manager Connector" of PoINT Storage Manager 5.0.
Added support for new hardware:
- Pioneer BD-RW BDR-209
Improved performance of media quality checks when using one of the following BD-R drives:
- Pioneer BD-RW BDR-206
- Pioneer BD-RW BDR-207
- Pioneer BD-RW BDR-208
- Pioneer BD-RW BDR-209
- Pioneer BD-RW BDR-PR1

Service Pack 1

Added support for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1
This update allows installing and running PoINT Jukebox Manager on these operating systems. If you plan to upgrade a system with PoINT Jukebox Manager 8.0 to Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows 8.1, it is necessary to install this update before upgrading the operating system.
Added support for new hardware
- Pioneer BDR-208 BD Drive
- Panasonic DataArchiver BD Library
Improved error handling after drive failures
After read or write errors occured with a specific drive in a jukebox, PoINT Jukebox Manager checks if the drive is still responding at all. If a drive is not responding, it will be disabled for further accesses. This status is indicated by a red checkmark in the drive list of the jukebox or a red light indicator in the drive overview dialog. The drive will be reactivated after deactivating/activating the jukebox, restarting the Jukebox Manager Service or by manually deactivating/activating the drive in the PoINT Jukebox Manager Administration Tool.
If all drives of a jukebox have been disabled after failures, PoINT Jukebox Manager will start using the disabled drives for file system accesses.
It is now possible to select BD 6X as recording speed for BD media.
Moving of media from slot to an empty slot is now supported for DISC ArXtor jukeboxes.
Bugfix: PoINT Jukebox Manager did not correctly work with DISC ArXtor jukeboxes if less than 4 packs are configured.
Bugfix: Connection to HIT NetzOn jukeboxes has not been reestablished after a connection error.
Bugfix: USB drives have not be detected by PoINT Jukebox Manager when running on Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8.
Bugfix: PoINT Jukebox Manager Command Line Interface (jbmcmd) returned wrong information for media which are formatted with Dynamic Image Recording.
Bugfix: PoINT ECR Recording Jobs will now be removed from the job list if the requested number of copies has been created. Previous versions did not remove the job if one ore more retries were necessary. This behaviour caused subsequent PoINT ECR jobs to fail until the Administrator manually removed the job from the list.

Installation of the Service Pack

To install the Service Pack follow these steps:

Log on as user with administrative privileges.
Close all applications.
Start the executable and follow the instructions.

De-Installation

It is not possible to return to the previous state of PoINT Jukebox Manager by de-installing a Service Pack.

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A functioning storage workflow requires a well configured system environment with devices working free of faults and, if applicable, flawless storage media. Therefore it is of the essence that the user does backup all data by functions offered by PoINT software and/or (if required) by supplementary software products at adequate intervals (i.e. in accordance with the scope and frequency of changes), and thereby to facilitate the reinstatement of these data even in exceptional situations (i.e. in case of hardware malfunction).