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Khue's avatar
Khue
Level 4
17 years ago

Drivers Relating To Tapeinst.exe

I am new to Backup Exec and I have been having a lot of SCSI related errors and failures of writing to disks. I have replaced a couple of my LTO3 drives from my tape libraries but the problems still arise. Pending the problem is not related to the SCSI bus itself I am not sure there is much else I can do.

That being said, I was wondering, why install the Symantec Tape Drivers if the tape drives are already recognized by Backup Exec and Windows? Do I gain more functionality by using the Symantec Drivers over the standard Windows provided drivers? Detailed explanations are welcome.

Thanks in advance.
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  • Ken_Putnam's avatar
    Ken_Putnam
    Level 6
    17 years ago
    The driver downloads from Symantec are drivers that have been tested in the lab by Symantec, and thus should give you the fewest problems
     
    If NTBackup can see and access a drive/library (when all BackupExec services are shut down), then Backup Exec should be able to use the same drivers (OEM drivers say)