Tape Library Installation on Windows

Tape Library Installation on Windows

This procedure explains how to install a tape library for a Windows controller node. Before you begin, make sure the tape library is in random mode (not sequential or stacker mode) and that the media changer is not claimed by the operating system. See Chapter 32: Tape Library Pre-Setup.

DPX supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows.

To install the media changer device file on your controller node, run detect -i at the command prompt. This will automatically generate media changer device files of the form sync_saX, where X is a non-negative integer starting with 0.

Device files are placed in the bin\JB folder. detect -i also creates a symbolic link for each sync_saX device, allowing it to be used as a native Windows device name.

Warning! Running detect -i will overwrite existing device files created by previous runs of install or detect.

Sample output for detect -i follows:

SCSI Devices found:

------------------

Device       Adapter     Target            Device

ID           ID      BUS ID     LUN STATUS Type                     String

------------ ------- --- ------ --- ------ ------------------------ -------------

\\.\Tape0    2       0   0      2   0      Sequential Access Device SONY    SDX-500C

\\.\Tape1    2       0   0      5   0      Sequential Access Device HP      Ultrium 1

\\.\sync_sa0 2       0   1      3   0      Media Changer Device     BHTi    216

\\.\Tape2    2       0   1      1   0      Sequential Access Device QUANTUM DLT8000

Device                    Serial / Unique                                    

ID                        Number / Id              World Wide Name           Auto

------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------- ----

\\.\Tape0                 0000902585               20 0 0 50 13 b0 78 94     Yes

\\.\Tape1                 0000911832               20 0 0 50 13 b0 78 94     Yes

\\.\sync_sa0              216B10                                             Yes

\\.\Tape2                 PXB34P3669               20 0 0 50 13 b0 78 94     Yes

This concludes the installation of the tape library media changer device file under Windows. To test the installation, proceed to Chapter 36: Tape Library Verification. Use the media changer device file name (for example, sync_sa0) as the argument for the tape library interface test program (JItest).

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