Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows: Administrator's Guide


Starting and Stopping the Tivoli Storage Manager Device Driver (ADSMSCSI)

The TSM device driver (ADSMSCSI) is installed when you install the TSM server. When the ADSMSCSI driver starts, by default the driver claims all devices it can support.

Starting the Tivoli Storage Manager Device Driver

To start the ADSMSCSI driver, do the following:

  1. From the TSM Console, expand the tree until the machine where the device driver has been installed is displayed. Expand the machine.
  2. Expand TSM Device Driver and expand Reports.
  3. Click Service Information in the tree in the left panel. The Service Information window appears in the right panel.
  4. Right click TSM Device Driver. A pop-up menu appears.
  5. Click Start in the pop-up menu.

Stopping the Tivoli Storage Manager Device Driver

To stop the ADSMSCSI driver, do the following:

  1. From the TSM Console, expand the tree until the machine where the device driver has been installed is displayed. Expand the machine.
  2. Expand TSM Device Driver and expand Reports.
  3. Click Service Information in the tree in the left panel. The Service Information window appears in the right panel.
  4. Right click TSM Device Driver. A pop-up menu appears.
  5. Click Stop in the pop-up menu.
Note:
The System Event Viewer logs events created by the ADSMSCSI driver. For more information, see Monitoring Errors and Diagnosing Problems.


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