Old releases: V6.2.5.2 and prior releases

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Installing the Device Drivers

The last driver level to include support for Windows 2000 is V6.1.4.8.

The last driver level to include support for Windows 2003 is V6.2.1.7.

The last driver level to include support for Windows 2008 is V6.2.5.2.

Subsequent levels include support for Windows Server 2012; support for Windows Server 2016, starting with level 6.2.6.0; and support for Windows Server 2019, starting with level 6.2.6.8.

Windows Server 2016 - 2022 instructions

  1. Refer to Installation and configuration instructions. The same installation instructions for Windows Server 2019 apply to Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2008.

Uninstalling the Device Drivers

  1. Complete the steps under Device removal or disable procedure to remove the tape and medium changer devices.
  2. Double-click uninst.exe in the driver package.
    Note: This action removes all the files in the system directories that were created during the installation of the device driver. It does not delete the compressed file or the files that were extracted from the compressed file. If you want to remove these files, you must delete them manually.
  3. Restart the system.

Installing the Debug version

Windows Server 2016 - 2022 instructions

  1. Quiesce all activity on the tape and medium changer.
  2. Exit all applications that are using the tape and medium changer devices.
  3. If device drivers are installed, uninstall the device drivers first. Refer to Uninstalling the Device Drivers.
  4. Locate the \checked folder in the driver package.
  5. Copy the files from the \checked folder to the highest level directory of the driver package, overwriting the files there. A previous backup of the files or having a copy of the original driver package is recommended.
  6. Complete the Installation procedure.

Restoring the non-Debug version

To restore the non-debug version of the driver, complete the following steps.

Windows Server 2016 - 2022 instructions

  1. Quiesce all activity on the tape and medium changer.
  2. Exit all applications that are using the tape and medium changer devices.
  3. Uninstall the device drivers first. Refer to Uninstalling the Device Drivers.
  4. Restart the system.
  5. If a backup of device drivers package was done, complete the installation by using backup. Otherwise, download the same device driver level again and complete the installation. When the driver starts and commands are issued to it, the driver no longer produces debug output.