> Under Windows 2003, every time you reboot or make changes, it's possible
> for the tape device name to change. For example \\.\tape0 might be a
> different physical device every time you reboot the server, reset the
> san switch, etc...

AH.

> There are a couple of solutions.
> 
> 1) Remove the jukebox from Network and re-add the devices. You can use
> inquire to determine which tape drive is which by serial numbers, etc...

I can probably do this ...

> 2) If they are IBM lto drives, you can use the latest IBM tape drivers
> instead of the default windows ones. There is a setting in the release
> notes that changes the driver. Once the changes are active, instead of
> seeing \\.\tape0, etc..., you will see \\.\tapeSERIALNUMBER which won't
> change. 

HP SDLT-320 drives in an HP library, actually. BUt thanks for the info.

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