(from the Windows Administrator's Guide, page 109) Drivers for non-IBM Devices
If you manage a mixture of devices, you can control some with the Tivoli Storage Manager device driver and others with the Windows device driver. The way you set up competing device drivers determines which one acquires devices when the server is started. The Tivoli Storage Manager device drivers are available at www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.ht ml. For devices not currently supported by the Tivoli Storage Manager device driver, the Windows driver may be suitable. See "Requirements for Using Windows Device Drivers with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager" on page 111 for more information. --For the following tape devices, you can choose whether to install the Tivoli Storage Manager device driver or the Windows device driver: 4MM 8MM DLT DTF QIC StorageTek SD3, 9490, 9840, and 9940 --For optical, WORM, and Non-IBM LTO devices, you must install the Tivoli Storage Manager device driver. --Removable media devices (attached as local file systems) require the Windows device driver. --All SCSI-attached libraries that contain optical and tape drives from the list above must use the Tivoli Storage Manager changer driver. --Third party vendor device drivers are supported if they are supplied by the hardware vendor and are associated with the GENERICTAPE device class. Using a device class other than GENERICTAPE with a third party vendor device driver is not recommended. Generic device drivers are not supported in WORM device classes. For more information, see the DEFINE DEVCLASS - GENERICTAPE command in the Administrator's Reference. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Office 262.521.5627