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:
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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 YesThis 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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