Introduction

This chapter is intended for system administrators who are setting up their tape libraries by using Automatic Setup (Process A). If you are setting up your tape library by using Manual Setup (Process B), proceed to Chapter 34: Device Detection.

The DPX Device Configuration Wizard allows you to bypass many of the manual steps otherwise required for setting up tape libraries.

When possible, the Device Configuration Wizard generates, maps, and names device drivers for each tape drive and tape library media changer. It then adds the tape libraries and tape drives to the Enterprise.

You can apply the Device Configuration Wizard to an existing installation. If you do, the Device Configuration Wizard may update those devices for which it detects a Unique ID, which is the unique identifier assigned to a device by the vendor or agency, usually the device’s serial number.