When you are installing and configuring device drivers on Oracle Solaris systems, review these special topics.
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Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager device drivers for vendor acquired SCSI-attached devices
You can configure Tivoli Storage Manager device drivers in two different ways. If you must selectively configure attached devices, you can run individual commands for tape drives and libraries. Or, you can use the auto configuration command to configure all devices that are attached to your system.- Reinstalling or upgrading the Tivoli Storage Manager device driver
When the Tivoli Storage Manager device driver is reinstalled, upgraded, or reloaded, or when changes are made to add a device, it is possible for the drive or library device name to change. - Editing configuration files
For SCSI-attached devices, the configuration files must contain one stanza for each SCSI-attached device that the Tivoli Storage Manager server is to use. You can edit the mt.conf file for tape drives and the lb.conf file for library devices. - Preventing tape labels from being overwritten
Tivoli Storage Manager tape labels can be overwritten by an application that uses a generic or native device driver. If tape labels are overwritten, data can be lost. - Installing the Tivoli Storage Manager device driver to Solaris Zones
The Tivoli Storage Manager device driver supports the Solaris Zone feature, available with Solaris Version 10.