Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows: Administrator's Guide
Selecting the appropriate device driver depends upon the type of device and
the media management technique. Devices supported by TSM can use the
TSM device driver, and other devices can use Windows device drivers.
The way you set up the two competing device drivers determines which one
acquires devices when TSM is started.
Devices may be used with Windows device drivers or with the
manufacturer's device drivers, but the devices must have the following
capabilities:
- Write in variable mode
- Write filemarks
- Can forward/reverse space blocks
- Can forward/reverse space filemarks
A file listing devices and their attributes can be created:
- Click Start>Programs>Command Prompt on the
Windows Start button. The Command Prompt dialog
appears.
- Change directories to the directory in which the TSM Console been
installed. For default installations, the path resembles the
following:
c:\program files\tivoli\tsm\console
- To create the file, type in the following command:
tsmdlst devlist.txt
- To view the file, type in the following command:
notepad devlist.txt
Select from the following device driver setup procedures based upon the
device environment.
The TSM device driver supports many manual and automated library
devices. At many sites, the TSM device driver may be all that is
required.
The TSM device driver is installed with the TSM server, but the device
driver is unusable until the default behavior of the Windows device driver is
controlled. By default, the Windows device driver tries to acquire all
devices when Windows is started. If this happens, the TSM device driver
is unable to acquire devices. Ensure that the TSM device driver
acquires the devices that it needs by starting the TSM device driver before
starting any Windows device driver.
To start the TSM device driver before starting any Windows device
driver:
From the TSM Console:
- From the TSM Console, expand the tree to TSM Device
Driver for the machine that you are configuring.
- Expand TSM Device Driver and
Reports.
- Click
Service Information in the TSM Console tree. The
Service Information window appears in the right panel.
- Right click TSM Device Driver. A pop-up menu
appears.
- Click Properties in the pop-up menu. The
Device Driver Options dialog appears.
- Click to check the Enable Windows 2000 and Optical Device
Support check box. The startup type is set to Boot as
a default.
- Click OK.
In the Windows Control Panel:
Windows NT
|
- Click Settings>Control Panel on the Windows
Start button. The Control Panel dialog
appears.
- Double click Devices. The Devices dialog
appears.
- Click the Windows device driver to select it.
- Click the Startup... button. The
Device dialog appears.
- Click Manual. This ensures that the Windows device
driver does not start until you enter the Control Panel dialog and manually
start the Windows device driver.
- Click OK.
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Windows 2000
| If you use TSM with Windows 2000, you do not need to explicitly control
the Windows device driver's acquisition of devices. When the TSM
device driver is in boot mode, it automatically acquires all devices not
specified in its Device Exclude List.
|
Some devices are not supported by the TSM device driver, but they can still
be used with TSM using the Windows device drivers. At sites where a mix
of supported and unsupported devices are used, both the TSM and the Windows
device drivers may be used together.
An example of this scenario is an environment where some data is backed up
to an automated library device and some data is backed up to an Iomega Jaz
drive. The automated library device requires the TSM device
driver. However, the TSM device driver does not support Iomega Jaz
drives so the Windows device driver is used to allow TSM to back up to the
Iomega Jaz drive.
From the TSM Console:
- From the TSM Console, expand the tree to TSM Device
Driver for the machine that you are configuring.
- Expand TSM Device Driver and
Reports.
- Click
Service Information in the TSM Console tree in the left
panel. The Service Information window appears in the right
panel.
- Right click TSM Device Driver in the right pane. A
pop-up menu appears.
- Click Properties in the pop-up menu. The
Device Driver Options dialog appears.
- Click to check the Enable Windows 2000 and Optical Device
Support check box. The startup type is set to Boot as
a default.
- To control a device to with the TSM Device Driver:
- Use the move button (<) to move a device from the Devices
Controlled by Native Device Drivers pane to theDevices Controlled
by the TSM Device Driverpane.
- Click OK. A message appears stating that the TSM Device
Driver must be restarted. Click OK.
- Right click the TSM Device Driver in the right pane. A pop-up menu
appears. Select Stop.
- Right click the TSM Device Driver in the right pane. A pop-up menu
appears. Select Start.
- To control a device to with the Windows Device Driver:
Use the move button (>) to move a device from the Devices Controlled
by the TSM Device Driver pane to the Devices Controlled by Native
Device Drivers pane.
- Click OK
In the Windows Control Panel:
Windows NT
|
- Click Settings>Control Panel on the Windows
Start button. The Control Panel dialog
appears.
- Double click Devices. The Devices dialog
appears.
- Click the Windows device driver to select it.
- Click the Startup... button. The
Device dialog appears.
- Click Manual. This ensures that the Windows device
driver does not start until you enter the Control Panel dialog and
manually start the Windows device driver.
- Note:
- After the system starts, you must manually start the Windows device driver so
that it can acquire the devices excluded by the TSM device driver.
- Click OK.
|
Windows 2000
| If you use TSM with Windows 2000, you do not need to explicitly control
the Windows device driver's acquisition of devices. When the TSM
device driver is in boot mode, it automatically acquires all devices not
specified in its Device Exclude List.
|
In some environments, you will want to use the same devices with both the
TSM device driver and the Windows device driver. For example, this
occurs when devices are used to back up data with TSM and then the same
devices are used at other times to back up data with a different backup
utility. This scenario requires a reboot of the system to switch
between applications. The device drivers can be set up to give you the
choice of starting either device driver.
Activate the TSM Device Driver:
- From the TSM Console, expand the tree to TSM Device
Driver for the machine that you are configuring.
- Expand TSM Device Driver and
Reports.
- Click
Service Information in the TSM Console tree in the left
pane. The Service Information window appears in the right
pane.
- Right click TSM Device Driver. A pop-up menu
appears.
- Click Properties in the pop-up menu. The
Device Driver Options dialog appears.
- To use the TSM device driver:
- Click to check the Enable Windows 2000 and Optical Device
Support check box. The TSM device driver is automatically set to
start at boot time and acquire all devices.
- Click OK.
- To use the Windows device driver:
- Click to uncheck the Enable Windows 2000 and Optical Device
Support check box. This ensures that the Windows device driver
acquires devices.
- Click OK.
- You must reboot your system for the changes to take
effect.
Activate the Windows Device Driver:
Windows NT
|
- Click Settings>Control Panel on the Windows
Start button. The Control Panel dialog
appears.
- Double click Devices. The Devices dialog
appears.
- Click the Windows device driver to select it.
- Click the Startup... button. The
Device dialog appears.
- Click Manual. This ensures that the Windows device
driver does not start until you enter the Control Panel dialog and
manually start the Windows device driver.
- Note:
- After the system starts, you must manually start the Windows device driver so
that it can acquire the devices excluded by the TSM device driver.
- Click OK.
|
Windows 2000
| If you use TSM with Windows 2000, you do not need to explicitly control
the Windows device driver's acquisition of devices. When the TSM
device driver is in boot mode, it automatically acquires all devices not
specified in its Device Exclude List.
|
By default, the Windows device driver acquires control of supported devices
when the operating system is started. In an environment made up
entirely of devices unsupported by the TSM device driver, you can use this
default setting.
- From the TSM Console, expand the tree to TSM Device
Driver for the machine that you are configuring.
- Expand TSM Device Driver and
Reports.
- Click
Service Information in the TSM Console tree in the left
panel. The Service Information window appears in the right
panel.
- Right click TSM Device Driver. A pop-up menu
appears.
- Click Properties in the pop-up menu. The
Device Driver Options dialog appears.
- Click Manual as the startup type. This ensures that the
Windows device driver acquires devices.
- Click OK.
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