Hello,
This behavior might have changed with later drivers, i recall choosing 
Tivoli drivers.What install method do you use ( Do you use cmd line 
install or update from device manager), Do you expect the driver tab will 
show Exclusive or non exclusive drivers ? if so, it does not, what error 
do you encounter ? You will just need to be aware that "nonexclusive" 
drivers will allow simultaneous access to another application if one is 
present , if that happens, you may corrupt networker data or fail backups.
Thanks



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Fazil Saiyed wrote:
> 
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Note: Tivoli drivers ( this is an option within ibm drivers during 
> install) are recommended as i recall that all the Tivoli driver does it 
> disallows simultaneous access to tape drive should another application 
on 
> the server wants it ( safer that way)
> Additional persistent binding via HBA vendor and via setup from Adic is 
> possible and  may be used.
> HTH
> 
> <snip>
> 
> 


The Tivoli drivers are the "exclusive" driver in the package, and will not 
appear within Networker with or without persistent binding enabled -- at 
least on the test machine we've been using.  Only the "non-exclusive" IBM 
driver works, and I'm just checking to see if anyone has encountered 
anything objectionable about the non-exclusiveness....

Thanks for the info!

--brerrabbit

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