I just remember reading an article or post about this. It is actually
settings or software configuration that enables the fibre card to try and
maintain persistent "definitions". I do remember that they mentioned QLogic
and the configuration utility that comes with the cards. I can't for the
life of me remember where I read this...too many mailing
lists...newletters...SPAM!. Or it could be an approaching "senior moment."

This wasn't a function of Win2k, but of the Qlogic (and another card) fibre
card configuration.

Bill Boyer
DSS, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Zlatko Krastev/ACIT
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:43 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Win2K, Fiber and I/O problem


Disable the Windows device driver for tapes.
ADSMSCSI driver is run before native Windows driver and is grabbing the
drives. Windows driver is run when plug-n-pray detects a change.

Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant






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I have an interesting problem. One of my TSM servers is running on Win2K
Server. The server is connected to a Brocade FC switch and the FC switch
is
connected to an FC-SCSI bridge. The library is an HP SureStore 6/60 with
DLT8000 drives. Every once in a while I get I/O error on a tape drive and
the server resets the drive. When it does the drive renames from the TSM
Driver name to the NT Driver name (i.e. from mtx.x.x.x to \\..\tape0
<\\..\tape0> ). Has anyone else had this sort of problem and what did you
do
to resolve it?

Thanks,



Eric W. Cowperthwaite
EDS Operations Solutions
Desk - 916-636-1929
Cell - 916-919-6271
eric.cowperthwaite AT eds DOT com <mailto:eric.cowperthwaite AT eds DOT com>