Spectra Logic NTIER700 manual Accessories Command Prompt

nTier700 BlueScale Firmware

Problem	Workaround
If Microsoft System Center Data Protection	If the drives are not mapped correctly:
Manager (DPM) 2007 writes to tape do not	1. Stop DPM.
succeed, check the drive mapping. The drives	2. Start the Microsoft Removable Storage
must be associated with a library—for example,
	Manager (RSM) service and map the tape
refer to the following screen, which shows
	drives.
correctly mapped drives. This is a known
	3. Stop the RSM service.
Microsoft bug, and Spectra Logic is waiting for
	4. Restart DPM. The drives should be mapped
the patch to fix this problem.
	correctly and writes should now succeed.
Note: As of BlueScale 2.7.1.7 DPM is no longer
included with the nTier700.
Drives are indented
showing that they are
associated with the Spectra
Logic library (Spectra Logic
Medium Changer-2)
If you are using a tape library with IBM LTO tape	If the system automatically assigned drivers to
drives in conjunction with your nTier, the	the tape drives, uninstall the device drivers for
standard Windows device driver installation (via	the tape drives after you install the unit. Then,
the Add New Hardware wizard) does not install	use the following procedure to install the correct
all the software needed to take advantage of the	device drivers:
tape drives’ features.	1. Open a command prompt window (Start >
	Accessories > Command Prompt).
	2. Type the following command to switch to the
	directory where the LTO tape device drivers
	are located:
	cd C:\Program Files (x86)
	\SpectraLogic\drivers\IBM LTO Tape
	Drives 6.1.7.8
	Note: The number included in the IBM LTO
	Tapes 6.1.7.8 sub-directory name may not be
	same as in this step (for instance, IBM LTO Tapes
	6.1.7.9 instead of IBM LTO Tapes 6.1.7.8).
	3. Type install if you are not using Microsoft
	Data Protection Manager (DPM) or Microsoft
	Removable Storage Manager (RSM).
	– or –
	Type install -nif you are using DPM or
	RSM.

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