OK, the only problem I see is what actually happened during our DR Test. I ended up using the TSM device drivers for the HP drives, but the problem is that TSM treats them as GENERICTAPE. All the data that needs to be restored (including the DB tapes) used LTO as the type of device, the problem I had when trying to recover is that it would say the tape is of the wrong device type. So how do I make it so the HP drives are seen as an LTO device in TSM, and not as a GENERICTAPE.
Mel Dennis Systems Engineer - IT743 Siemens Power Generation 4400 Alafaya Trail Orlando, FL 32826 MC Q1-108 Tel: (407) 736-2360 Win: 439-2360 Fax: (407) 243-0260 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Lipp Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 3:12 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] LTO Drivers for TSM And in the case of HP LTO drives, one uses the TSM device driver rather than the HP native drivers. But I'm sure that the link Richard pointed to discusses that. Kelly J. Lipp VP Manufacturing & CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 8:37 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] LTO Drivers for TSM Dennis - The TSM Support Page http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/ IBMTivoliStorageManager.html contains a Supported Devices area, wherein requirements are enumerated, including device drivers. Richard Sims On May 16, 2006, at 9:25 AM, Dennis, Melburn W IT743 wrote: > Recently our company ran a DR Test with a company called SunGard. Our > contract requested an automated tape library with LTO2 drives in order > for us to execute our TSM portion of the disaster recovery. In our > production environment we use IBM LTO2 drives. When we got there we > found out that they had HP LTO2 drives, and so the drivers that we had > brought with us in our DR tool kits would not work. SunGard was able > to provide us the latest drivers from HP, but those seemed to not be > compatible with TSM, and the generic drivers that come bundled with > TSM did not work either. TSM would recognize the drives as "GENERIC > TAPE" > instead of LTO. In the future we would like to be able to prevent > this in case of a real DR, and have a set of drivers that would work > with all major manufacturers of LTO. What drivers for HP LTO drives > work with TSM, or for that matter any other manufacturer of LTO > besides IBM? > > > Mel Dennis > Systems Engineer - IT743 > Siemens Power Generation > 4400 Alafaya Trail > Orlando, FL 32826 > MC Q1-108 > Tel: (407) 736-2360 > Win: 439-2360 > Fax: (407) 243-0260 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
