I believe it is dependent on Windows 2003 with SP2 or a specific hotfix. I 
believe it's pretty solid after those patches. Yes, you will need to remove and 
re-add the devices. Given that Windows will reorder devices if you don't make 
the change, I would strongly recommend it. Even if you have an enviromnent 
where it always maps it correctly, the first time a tape device dies, the one's 
on the list after it will be reordered and everythin will break. If you use the 
persistent name, then it will work no matter what.



----
Matthew Huff       | One Manhattanville Rd
OTA Management LLC | Purchase, NY 10577
http://www.ox.com  | Phone: 914-460-4039
aim: matthewbhuff  | Fax:   914-460-4139



> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] 
> On Behalf Of Goslin, Paul
> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 2:06 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] inquire shows //./Tape instead of //./Tape#
> 
> YES - You'll most likely have to delete and re-create it... (I would
> just to be safe).
> 
> We have to do this usually following any reboot of our server.... It
> only takes a few minutes unless you've got a lot of devices assigned to
> pools... You may have to un-link those first...
> 
> We've tried the persistent binding solution mentioned already, and it
> does not seem to work all the time...
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: EMC NetWorker discussion
> > [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of psoni
> > Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 2:02 PM
> > To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> > Subject: [Networker] inquire shows //./Tape instead of //./Tape#
> >
> > > I'd do that immediately and then see if the problem goes away. It
> > > could be a bug in the Plug And Play driver
> >
> >
> > Do I have to reconfigure the jukebox/devices in NMC after
> > applying persistent binding through Win plug&play ?
> >
> > +-------------------------------------------------------------
> > ---------
> > |This was sent by soni.parth AT gmail DOT com via Backup Central.
> > |Forward SPAM to abuse AT backupcentral DOT com.
> > +-------------------------------------------------------------
> > ---------
> >
> > To sign off this list, send email to
> > listserv AT listserv.temple DOT edu and type "signoff networker" in
> > the body of the email. Please write to
> > networker-request AT listserv.temple DOT edu if you have any
> > problems with this list. You can access the archives at
> > http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/networker.html or via RSS
> > at http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER
> >
> 
> To sign off this list, send email to listserv AT listserv.temple DOT edu and 
> type "signoff networker" in the
> body of the email. Please write to networker-request AT listserv.temple DOT 
> edu if you have any problems with
> this list. You can access the archives at 
> http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/networker.html or
> via RSS at http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER

To sign off this list, send email to listserv AT listserv.temple DOT edu and 
type "signoff networker" in the body of the email. Please write to 
networker-request AT listserv.temple DOT edu if you have any problems with this 
list. You can access the archives at 
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/networker.html or
via RSS at http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER