Re: [Networker] Library/Drive Names getting shuffled by Windows.
2008-03-12 08:36:50
Goslin, Paul wrote:
We've been working with Dell regarding this very issue. We have a 60
slot library and it had 3 IBM LTO2 drives until last December, when we
added two more drives. Before adding the drives, I think we had
persistent binding implemented via the IBM driver/registry lock down and
never had any problems with drive mapping changing across reboots. In
the process of adding the new drives, the Dell tech installed Dell
drivers for all the drives, including the new ones. Ever since, we've
had problems whenever the server was rebooted. We opened a case and we
tried some registry hacks (including adding the persistence entry
mentioned below), but nothing has worked so far. Now they recommend
either using an emulex elxcfg.exe utility (we have an emulex fiber card)
or installing SP2 for Win2003 server, which is supposed to include a fix
for this...
If it worked fine with the IBM driver and the registry change, why not
just go back to that?
The Emulex change will not fix the problem, because all that does is fix
the mapping from WWNN to SCSI address. It does not fix the mapping from
SCSI address to Windows device name.
The Windows fix may not work either, as it may only apply to Microsoft
drivers. I may be wrong about this...
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