Yes, this is a zoning thing and you are seeing the same devices multiple times. - I'm not sure about Windows, but in AIX, if you are using the atape drive, one of the devices is actually the proper one to use for multiple paths. You just use that one and ignore the others. You should check the Atape manual for Windows to see how you should handle that. (I'm assuming you are using Atape with the LTO4 drives. - Or you can simply do what we do, and rezone so there is only one path the each device. It looks nicer this way, and we don't need the redundancy.
Regards, Shawn ________________________________________________ Shawn Drew Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 07/22/2008 04:52 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject [ADSM-L] Weird duplicate device in Win2003 install Hello All! Thanks for your help!! I am an old UNIX guy doing a Windows 2003 TSM 5.5.1 install. I have an x3650 system with a TS3310 library (4 x LTO4) and a DS4700 storage array. When I install the device driver for the library and boot the system, it comes back with 2 medium changers and 8 drives in the device manager rather than the 1 medium changer and 4 drives I really have. My SAN guy seems to think that this is OK but I have never seen it this way in UNIX land. Could it be that the zoning on the switch allows multiple paths to be seen by the system and therefore it is trying to identify the same drive twice. ShouldI leave it this way. If not what is the solution? This message and any attachments (the "message") is intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that certain functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas RCC, Inc.
