Running TSM 3.7.3.0 on Windows 2000.

We have a HP Tape Library with 2 DLT7000 drives.  Sometimes, after rebooting
the server, the second drive in the library shows up as GENERICTAPE instead
of DLT and has the NT device name (\.tape...) instead of the TSM device name
(MT4.0.0.3).

When this occurs TSM cannot use the tape drive.  Rebooting the server seems
to fix the problem - the drive shows up as DLT with the proper TSM device
name.

The TSM Device driver is set to "Boot" and "Enable Windows 2000 and Optical
Device Support" is checked.

According to the online help "Administrators using TSM with Windows 2000 do
not need to explicitly control the behavior of the Windows device driver.
When the TSM device driver is in boot mode, it automatically acquires all
devices not specified in its Device Exclude List."  (For Windows NT it
suggests setting the NT Device driver to manual - not sure if this is
possible on 2000)

So it seems that Windows 2000 is sometimes getting control of the device.

Has anyone else experience this problem?  Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Tim Rushforth
City of Winnipeg
trushfor AT city.winnipeg.mb DOT ca