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Release Notes 90990019
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:
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
prompted.
For this device... Uninstall...
Tape Drives Any IBM tape drives
System Devices Changer Bus Enumerator and Tape Bus Enumerator
Medium Changers Spectra Logic Medium Changer driver
Other Devices Any tape drives
Run the following command... If you are using...
install_exclusive.exe Tivoli
®
Storage Manager
Note: The exclusive driver performs automatic SCSI Reserve and
Release commands upon open and close of the tape drive device.
Additionally, the driver enforces a single handle to the device on
the backup server.
install_nonexclusive.exe Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM), Removable Storage
Manager (RSM), or any other software that does not require the
exclusive driver.