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Guy Barwood
April 16th 03, 11:17 AM
Hi Justin, I know its been a while but I'm still in the same spot when I
finally got back to this forum.

Response below

"Justin Leonard [MS]" >
wrote in message ...
>
> After you open device properties in device manager for the DLT drive:
>
> What is the full name of the device?
Quantum DLT7000 SCSI Sequential Device

>
> Is there a "Tape Symbolic Name" tab?
No

>
> If so, what is the name displayed?
As above

>
> Is there a "Tape Drive Parameters" tab?
No

>
> On the Drivers tab, if you click "Driver Details", what drivers are
listed?
MS's dlttape.sys
Veritas drvmcdb.sys 3.20.35a
Gear's Gearaspiwdm.sys 1.020
Padus Inc pfc.sys 2.5.0.200
Veritas pxhelper.sys 2.02.13a

Any ideas

Cheers
Guy


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> "Guy Barwood" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Anyone seen this:
> >
> > XP Pro:
> > DLT drive installed, listed without issues in device manager, HP DLT
Tools
> > confirm read/write test without issue.
> >
> > But I can not get the drive to backup:
> >
> > NTBackup will not detect the tape in the drive (always tells me to
insert
> > the specific tape even when it is already installed)
> >
> > Veritas Backup Exec Desktop doesn't list it (have tried without BE on
> system
> > as well)
> >
> > The drive isNOT listed in the Library under Removable Storage? How do
you
> > get it back in there?
> >
> > In removable storage, the Backup Media pool has a generic white icon
> rather
> > than the Yellow icon of all the other media pool entries...
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> > Guy
> >
> >
>
>

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