HP VS80 DLT VS80 Tape Drive User's Guide - Page 59

novell netware frequently asked questions http://www.hp.com/support/tape may have a later version hp learning products data protection drivers FAQs windows NT netware unix - SCO unix - linux frequently asked questions "How do I know what drivers (DDFS or NWPA) I am using at the moment, and what drivers I need for running tape backups?" contents of this section related topics checking the drivers - netware 3.x / 4.x checking the drivers - netware 5.x checking your startup and autoexec files typical DDFS drivers used for tape drives NWPA drivers used for tape drives back to list of questions previous question next question This topic is available in English only checking the drivers - netware 3.x / 4.x In order to check that the correct HBA and Tape Device (or ASPI) drivers are loaded, type the following at the console prompt: "LIST MODULES" Check that the drivers listed on the screen display correspond with those listed below: DDFS Drivers NWPA Drivers With NetWare 3.x and 4.x, the "Install" utility can also be used to view installed device drivers, by typing: "LOAD INSTALL" checking the drivers - netware 5.x In order to check that the correct HBA and Tape Device (or ASPI) drivers are loaded, type the following at the console prompt: "MODULES" Check that the drivers listed on the screen display correspond with those listed below: DDFS Drivers NWPA Drivers With NetWare 5.x, the "nwconfig" utility can also be used to view installed device drivers, by typing: "NWCONFIG" checking your startup and autoexec files It is possible to check which drivers are being loaded by the NetWare startup.ncf and autoexec.ncf files by examining them using INSTALL.NLM (NetWare 3.x / 4.x) or NWCONFIG.NLM (NetWare 5.x). These can be loaded at the console prompt. Consult your NetWare manual for full details on how to use these utilities. typical DDFS drivers used for tape drives The following tables list typical DDFS drivers used for tape drives on NetWare 3.x / 4.x systems: HBA drivers AIC7870.DSK SDMSNET3.DSK SDMSNET4.DSK (.dsk file extensions) NetWare 3.x/4.x Adaptec AIC78XX chipset driver (inc. 2940UW) NetWare 3.x Symbios driver (inc. 53C895 chipset) NetWare 4.x Symbios driver (inc. 53C895 chipset) ASPI drivers ASPITRAN.DSK NETASPI3.DSK NETASPI4.DSK used by ISV Backup Apps (BackupExec, ArcServeIT etc.) NetWare 3.x/4.x ASPI driver for AIC7870.DSK NetWare 3.x ASPI driver for SDMSNET3.DSK NetWare 4.x ASPI driver for SDMSNET4.DSK Tape drivers TAPEDAI.DSK used by Novell Backup App SBackup NetWare 3.x/4.x Tape Device Driver NWPA drivers used for tape drives The following tables list NWPA drivers used for tape drives on NetWare 3.x / 4.x / 5.x systems: HBA drivers AHA2940.HAM AIC78U2.HAM SYM8XXNW.HAM SYMHINW.HAM ASPI drivers NWASPI.CDM (.ham file extensions) Adaptec AIC7880/AHA2940UW driver Adaptec Ultra2 LVDS SCSI chipset driver Symbios driver (inc. 53C895 chipset) Symbios driver (53C896 chipset) used by ISV Backup Apps (BackupExec, ArcServeIT etc.) Generic NWPA ASPI driver Tape drivers SCSI2TP.CDM NWTAPE.CDM DLTTAPE.CDM used by Novell Backup Apps Sbackup (NW3.x/4.x) and SBCON (NW5.x) NetWare 3.x/4.1x NWPA Tape Device driver NetWare 4.2/5.x NWPA Tape Device driver SureStore DLT Tape Driver (used if DLT drive not supported by NWTAPE.cdm next question Go to the next question "How do I tell if my tape drive and drivers are correctly set up?" © 1999-2001, Hewlett-Packard Company file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/topher.COL-SPRINGS/Desktop/dltvs80%20manual/document/common/drivers_faqs/eng/nw_q2.htm [11/29/2001 8:35:21 AM]