I think this must be a function of TSM.  I was curious and found this on
Google.

http://www.mpi-stuttgart.mpg.de/edv/tsm_4.2/html/wnt/guide/anrwgd59.htm#HDRAL
IASNAME

I've never used TSM so maybe I am misinformed but, it looks like TSM let's
you define your own device names.

Brian

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-----Original Message-----
From: Gaddy [mailto:xy.0815 AT GMX DOT NET] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 4:30 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] SAN Tape Drive / Storage / Host Connectivity

Recently, I've got a document (from IBM)
desribing the same naming problems for TSM :-)

>It is recommended that because of the potentially changing nature
>of \\.\Tapex names on Windows NT and Windows 2000 platforms
>this naming convention is not used.
>The alternative is to use a device alias name
>in the form of mtx.y.z.n for all tape devices.
>This identifies a device explicitly by
>its SCSI Target ID, LUN, SCSI Bus Number and SCSI Port on the Host,
>rather than by its Windows assigned device name.

It's the very 1st time I've heard about these "DEVICE ALIAS NAMES".
Do they realy exist?
If NetWorker will accept this new naming conventions
"almost all" my problems in the SAN are solved.

Has somebody made this to work?

-sg-

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