Thanks for the replies. Hunny Kershaw wrote: > Currently, the TSM device driver does not support Storport drivers. So = > if > your tape drives or library are controlled by the TSM device driver, yo= > u > will need to use the SCSI port drivers.
Interesting. Is this documented anywhere? If I can't use TSMSCSI.SYS with Storport drivers, it will definitely be SCSIport drivers for me. Anybody know if and when Storport support might be introduced for the TSM device driver? TSM_User wrote: > Actually there is 3 types of drivers, SCSCI Port Miniport, Storport, and FC Port . We have always used the FC Port drivers. I blieve the difference is that with FC Port you can set up persistant binding. We are using persistent bindings with the SCSIPort drivers. It's not done natively in the Emulex driver (LPXNDS.SYS). You have to use the Emulex 'adjunct' or 'value-add' driver LPXFTR.SYS to provide this functionality. I believe the same is true with the Emulex Storport driver too. TSM_User wrote: > So far I believe Storport has really been taken advantage of in the disk world although it is supposed to work with tape. We've not got many SAN-attached Windows 2003 systems yet, so I'm trying to set some standards early on. I will definitely have some accessing disk, some accessing tape and possibly some accessing both. Ideally they would all use the same model - either SCSIport or Storport - but perhaps that's asking too much. Thanks again for responding. Regards Neil Schofield Take a tour of a virtual waste water treatment works at http://www.wastewatertour.com The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally privileged. The contents are intended for recipient only and are subject to the legal notice available at http://www.keldagroup.com/email.htm Yorkshire Water Services Limited Registered Office Western House Halifax Road Bradford BD6 2SZ Registered in England and Wales No 2366682