Well folks, it's time I bite the bullet and upgrade my v5.1.8.0 TSM
server to v5.2.3.2. This would not normally cause much concern but
because of the new device driver changes I'm more wary of this upgrade.
I currently have TSM server v5.2.3.2 running on two test servers and one
small production server but none of them are connected to the 3494 and
3590 drives so they were a more normal upgrade.

Let me walk you through what I think I need to do and you tell me if I'm
really out it left field or not.

Windows 2000 server service pack 4

TSM server v.5.1.8.0

29160 scsii interface to two external exabyte mammoth2 tape drives

2944 scsii interface to two dedicated ibm 3590-e1a drives

ethernet interface to the ibm 3494 libary manager

3494 library drivers are IBM atape 5.2.2.0

windows device manager shows no device drives installed for the two 3590
drives because the current TSM device driver gets control at boot so
windows never gets to load its drivers

As I understand it TSM device driver in v5.2.3.2 will no longer control
the 3590 drives so I must install and implement the IBM supplied windows
drivers for them.

Here is what I think I want to do:

1) set the tsm server to manual start and boot the tsm server

2) install the ibmmag.win2k.5280 tape drive driver either when prompted
by windows plug and play or manually

3) set the tsm server to auto start and boot the tsm server

4) verify the tsm server v5.1.8.0 still functions normally

5) install the base tsm v5.2 server, licenses and device driver from the cd

6) install tsm server v5.2.3.2 and device driver downloaded from ibm.

CORP Rick Willmore wrote:

Do I need Extended Edition in order to utilize LANFree ?

R.

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Steve Bennett, (907) 465-5783
State of Alaska, Enterprise Technology Services, Technical Services Section