The following information come from our TSM device drvier developer.


FOR TSM server 4.2.1.15  ( the latest fix)  should contains adsmscsi.sys
version 4.2.1.17 or later


With this TSM server and device driver level

W2K customer has 2 options

1. For customer need RSM and TSM server , use IBM native device driver and
have RSM  take control the changer , deveice name \\.\changer? and \\.
\tape?  will display in server utility
    For others IBM/non-IBM devices, use adsmscsi.sys
( make sure to exclude LTO control by adsmcsci.sys in the server utility)

2. FOR customer do not use RSM, disable RSM claim the changer and library
and use adsmscsi.sys only , device name lbx.x.x.x  and mtx.x.x.x  will
display in server utility




For TSM 5.1.0


NTx customer  only has  1 option


1.  use only latest native driver for LTO for drive and library, server
utility will display lbx.x.x.x and mt.0.0.0
  ( YES) you will not see \\.\tape or \\.\changer even though native driver
is in use.
  If need to use ADSMscsi.sys , then  make sure to exclude LTO control by
adsmcsci.sys in the server utility



Again, I will keep posting up-to-date and make sure latest information is
available to customer.

Please feel free to reply for more comments , questions ^_^.




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