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Medium Changers, Tape Drives, working properly, Device class
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vendor's device, you may require operating system device drivers for the device from the vendor. The following points should be noted: On Windows 2000 and 2003, you may need to use the Tivoli Storage Manager Device Driver. - However, if you are using IBM tape devices, such as the TS3100, TS3200, or TS3500 with LTO drives, you should install the IBM-supplied tape device drivers for Windows. You do not need to install the Tivoli Storage Manager Device Driver. - If you have devices from another vendor that are supported by Tivoli Storage Manager, you should install the Tivoli Storage Manager Device Driver. You should also disable the Windows Removable Storage (RSM) service, as it may interfere with Tivoli Storage Manager. Check the Windows device manager to ensure that the library appears under Medium Changers and the tape drives appear under Tape Drives. All devices should be working properly. For AIX and UNIX, IBM libraries and drives such as the TS3100, TS3200, or TS3500 with LTO drives, require the IBM Atape.driver package to be installed. Some IBM libraries, such as the 3494, also require the IBM atldd package. If you have a non-IBM device supported by Tivoli Storage Manager, you must install the tivoli.tsm.devices package. For Linux platforms, IBM libraries and drives require the IBM ibmtape and ibmatl packages for the particular Linux you are using. Non-IBM devices supported by Tivoli Storage Manager require the appropriate device driver package installed from the Tivoli Storage Manager distribution for the particular Linux you are using. To use a sequential device with Tivoli Storage Manager, a number of components must be configured. The components can be thought of in two classes, physical and logical, and must be configured in the following order: Physical a. The library (SCSI (automated) or MANUAL) b. The library path (that is, the link from the server to the library's operating system device) c. Tape drives within the library d. Drive paths (one for each drive) Logical a. Device class: Here you create a class for the library and associate it with the device type and the library name. The device type is from a Tivoli Chapter 6. Data storage 219
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