On Windows systems,
devices are automatically controlled by the default Windows device driver, even if you install
the Tivoli® Storage
Manager driver
(tsmscsi).
About this task
Tape drives can be automatically controlled by the Tivoli Storage
Manager device driver
if the Windows device drivers are not available. If the devices are
not automatically configured and controlled by the Tivoli Storage
Manager device driver,
you must manually update the controlling driver for each device that
you want controlled by the tsmscsi device driver.
Procedure
Perform this procedure from the Device Manager
Console:
- Right click on the device and select Properties.
Select the Driver tab and Driver
File Details. This allows you to see the driver that is
controlling your device.
- You will need to configure the device to be used by tsmscsi.sys
by right-clicking on the device and selecting Update Driver or
by selecting Action and then Update
Driver. The Hardware Update Wizard appears.
- Select Browse my computer for driver software.
- Select Let me pick from a list of device drivers
on my computer.
- Select the IBM® Tivoli Storage Manager device
driver to control the device.
- Click Next.
- Verify that the device is configured correctly for tsmscsi:
- Right-click the device and select Properties.
- Select the driver tab and driver details.
