you should use the lb and mt definitions, and the native device drivers for
the drives which I think you are saying you do use.
you can check this, in w2k, in the management console under tsm device
drivers->reports->device information.

Cordiali saluti
Gianluca Mariani
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gianluca_mariani AT it.ibm DOT com
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Hi folks!

My environment is TSM 5.2 on Windows 2000, tapelibrary is 3583 lto on the
SAN.


II wonder.....when defining path for tapelibrary and drives, should the
device parameter be \\.\Tape0 and Changer0 (which is how Windows sees the
devices?)etc, or mt0.0.0.1 an lb1.0.0.1(which is how TSM sees the
devices?)?
What decides which device name we are going to use in such cases?
I'm running IBM Windows device driver for both library and drives.

kindly regards
-sylvia