Important Information
Remove Current Drivers or Devices
If you previously installed device drivers for your tape drives using the wizard in Windows Device Manager, use the following steps to remove the drivers. Otherwise, skip to Install the Updated Device Driver.
1.Connect to the Windows Desktop on the nTier700, if you are not already connected.
2.Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the folder containing the extracted drivers files. For example:
C:\Program Files (x86)\SpectraLogic\drivers\IBMTape.x64_6204
3.Double click the uninst.exe to run the driver uninstall utility.
4.Open the Device Manager and uninstall any of the following devices, if present:
For this device... | Uninstall... |
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Tape Drives | Any IBM tape drives |
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System Devices | Changer Bus Enumerator and Tape Bus Enumerator |
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Medium Changers | Spectra Logic Medium Changer driver |
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Other Devices | Any tape drives |
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5. Reboot the nTier700.
Install the Updated Device Driver
Note: If the Windows Add New Hardware Wizard starts, ignore it. The installation script for the device driver automatically manages the wizard.
1. Open a Command Prompt window and change to the folder containing the extracted drivers file.
2. Using the command prompt, run the command to install the tape drive device driver.
Note: If the driver is unsigned, choose Continue Anyway when
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Run the following command... |
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install_exclusive.exe |
| Tivoli® Storage Manager |
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| Note: The exclusive driver performs automatic SCSI Reserve and |
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| Release commands upon open and close of the tape drive device. |
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install_nonexclusive.exe Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM), Removable Storage Manager (RSM), or any other software that does not require the exclusive driver.
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