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Re: [Networker] Library/Drive Names getting shuffled by Windows.

2008-03-12 08:41:34
Subject: Re: [Networker] Library/Drive Names getting shuffled by Windows.
From: Davina Treiber <Davina.Treiber AT PEEVRO.CO DOT UK>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:38:05 +0000
Matthew Huff wrote:
You will know when the "fix" is working since you won't have device names like 
\\.\tape0, \\.\tape1, etc... What hangs up most people is they try to set persistent binding 
via the fiberchannel drivers. That works on Unix, but the Windows plug & play driver 
overrides it and re-assigns device names, so under windows its useless. Once you get the 
hotfix or ibm tape driver working, it will be very obvious.


Matthew,

This is something I am looking at just now. I have made the registry change on a system using the IBM drivers. After a reboot the device names do change to a format such as \\.\Tape4801101, however I have not tested what happens when a drive goes missing. Can you confirm that it does in fact work?

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