HP D2D120 HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System User Guide (EH880-90950, October 2 - Page 52

HP LTO Tape driver, Medium changer driver, In earlier versions of the HP D2D Backup System

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HP LTO Tape driver The HP LTO Tape driver must be installed to allow your system to recognize the Ultrium devices created by the HP D2D Backup System. Tape drivers can be installed from the drivers directory on the HP StorageWorks CD-ROM, where they are supplied as an installer application and as driver files for manual installation. Also check the HP website for driver updates at www.hp.com/support. The tape drive is reported to your backup application (and Windows Device Manager) as an LTO-3 device. This is the default behavior of the tape drive and there is no need and no way to change it on the HP D2D Backup System. It is important not to confuse emulation type with cartridge size. Emulation type is totally independent from cartridge size. The HP D2D Backup System allows you to pick whatever cartridge size you like (up to 800 GB). In earlier versions of the HP D2D Backup System firmware, the tape drive was reported as an LTO-2 device. Once you upgrade to the latest version of the firmware, the backup application continues to identify existing backup devices as LTO-2 and identifies new tape devices as LTO-3, but this has absolutely no impact on how the device behaves or functions. If you delete existing devices (LTO-2) and create new ones; the new ones will be LTO-3. Medium changer driver No additional medium changer driver is required because Microsoft Windows provides a suitable generic driver and all backup applications provide their own changer drivers. 52 Advanced installation

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HP LTO Tape driver
The HP LTO Tape driver must be installed to allow your system to recognize the Ultrium devices created by
the HP D2D Backup System.
Tape drivers can be installed from the
drivers
directory on the HP StorageWorks CD-ROM, where they
are supplied as an installer application and as driver
fi
les for manual installation. Also check the HP
website for driver updates at
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.
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o
m
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s
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p
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.
The tape drive is reported to your backup application (and Windows Device Manager) as an LTO-3
device. This is the default behavior of the tape drive and there is no need and no way to change it on
the HP D2D Backup System. It is important not to confuse emulation type with cartridge size. Emulation
type is totally independent from cartridge size. The HP D2D Backup System allows you to pick whatever
cartridge size you like (up to 800 GB).
In earlier versions of the HP D2D Backup System
fi
rmware, the tape drive was reported as an LTO-2
device. Once you upgrade to the latest version of the
fi
rmware, the backup application continues to
identify existing backup devices as LTO-2 and identi
fi
es new tape devices as LTO-3, but this has absolutely
no impact on how the device behaves or functions. If you delete existing devices (LTO-2) and create
new ones; the new ones will be LTO-3.
Medium changer driver
No additional medium changer driver is required because Microsoft Windows provides a suitable
generic driver and all backup applications provide their own changer drivers.
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Advanced installation