Getting a Quantum Superloader 3 to show up in Backup Exec 12.5 as a library
Hello
I purchased a quantum superloader 3 with 16 slots and the DLT-V4 Drive. It came with Backupexec 12.5 express included. I have installed the drive, connected it through the HP SC11Xe HBA P/N 412911-B21.
In backup exec, the device shows up as a single drive. The robotic library is empty.
I have tried changing the SCSI ID, Made sure the library is set to Random, I am using the drivers built into BackupExec as suggested.
I am a arcserve guy typically so Backupexec is new to me. In Arcserve I would just run a device config wizard which would tie the slots to the drive. When I run the device configuration wizard in BE, it just tells me that it is a single drive. nothing to configure.
Any suggestions?
I purchased a quantum superloader 3 with 16 slots and the DLT-V4 Drive. It came with Backupexec 12.5 express included. I have installed the drive, connected it through the HP SC11Xe HBA P/N 412911-B21.
In backup exec, the device shows up as a single drive. The robotic library is empty.
I have tried changing the SCSI ID, Made sure the library is set to Random, I am using the drivers built into BackupExec as suggested.
I am a arcserve guy typically so Backupexec is new to me. In Arcserve I would just run a device config wizard which would tie the slots to the drive. When I run the device configuration wizard in BE, it just tells me that it is a single drive. nothing to configure.
Any suggestions?
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I ran into the same problem just today. I was migrating my Backup Exec 12.5 to a 2008 server and it would only show the drive and not the library. I resolved the problem by going to the LCD menu "Configuration -> Change Mode" in that menu I selected "random". After the power cycle I restarted the server and sure enough there was the library. I did have to install drivers once it was up and running by going into the device page. Hope this helps.
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Thanks Icehand, Unfortunately, the library does not show up in backup exec under any mode. I have tried both Random and Sequantial.
The search continues for me.
The search continues for me.
ASKER
Turns out the issue is Microsoft has messed with the way things work. lol
The Ultra320 Driver that Microsoft puts into Server 2008 apparently just wont allow for this to work. Therefore the combination of Ultra320, Server 2008 and DLT Autoloader will never work regardless of the effort. I had to buy a Ultra160 card and put it in the server for this to work. Thanks for your help anyways.
The Ultra320 Driver that Microsoft puts into Server 2008 apparently just wont allow for this to work. Therefore the combination of Ultra320, Server 2008 and DLT Autoloader will never work regardless of the effort. I had to buy a Ultra160 card and put it in the server for this to work. Thanks for your help anyways.
I found a solution to this and it is working on my production site.
I have an Adaptec 29320LPE card and the microsoft driver would not detect the media changer device. The problem was the StorPort driver portion of the Microsoft offering did not work the same way as the ScsiPort driver of old. Consequently, as TheMetalicOne reports above, the media changer device will never be reported as present.
The solution was to convince 2008 R2 to take the Adaptec driver for 2003 64 bit.
This proved to be difficult as I could not install the older driver as there was one present. I could not uninstall the driver and then install a different one as it required a reboot and when I rebooted, the 2008 driver loaded.
There should be a way to prevent automatic load of a driver, but I could not figure it out so I decided to break the 2008 driver so it would not load. Being the cautious type, I took a VM snapshot of the system and tried various methods of removing the driver. Eventually I found a method using a Windows PE environment whereby I could hunt down the 2008 driver (mine was adpu320.sys) and remove it. Upon reboot, the system could not find a match as I had removed all of the adpu320 parts (sprinkled everywhere) and so the automatic driver install failed.
Once I had it failed, I could then update the driver using the 2003 64 bit drivers. Upon reboot the media changer was there and I could load the Backup Exec drivers for the media changer and the tape drive.
It's been working beautifully ever since.
Why, Microsoft, did this have to be so hard to do?
-Desperate enough to hack,
-g
I have an Adaptec 29320LPE card and the microsoft driver would not detect the media changer device. The problem was the StorPort driver portion of the Microsoft offering did not work the same way as the ScsiPort driver of old. Consequently, as TheMetalicOne reports above, the media changer device will never be reported as present.
The solution was to convince 2008 R2 to take the Adaptec driver for 2003 64 bit.
This proved to be difficult as I could not install the older driver as there was one present. I could not uninstall the driver and then install a different one as it required a reboot and when I rebooted, the 2008 driver loaded.
There should be a way to prevent automatic load of a driver, but I could not figure it out so I decided to break the 2008 driver so it would not load. Being the cautious type, I took a VM snapshot of the system and tried various methods of removing the driver. Eventually I found a method using a Windows PE environment whereby I could hunt down the 2008 driver (mine was adpu320.sys) and remove it. Upon reboot, the system could not find a match as I had removed all of the adpu320 parts (sprinkled everywhere) and so the automatic driver install failed.
Once I had it failed, I could then update the driver using the 2003 64 bit drivers. Upon reboot the media changer was there and I could load the Backup Exec drivers for the media changer and the tape drive.
It's been working beautifully ever since.
Why, Microsoft, did this have to be so hard to do?
-Desperate enough to hack,
-g
Icehand's suggestion was the spot-on solution for our situation involving the Superloader 3 on Windows 2008 R2 64-bit. The Superloader's tape drive was showing in Device Manager, but not the tape library. In Backup Exec 2010, we could see both the library and the tape drive, but the library did not report the presence of any tapes.
Once we switched to "random" rather than "Sequential" in the tape library's web-based configuration utility, a restart of the loader and the server delivered the goods. With the media changer showing in Device Manager, we installed the Quantum-supplied drivers and all was well. Thanks, Icehand!
Once we switched to "random" rather than "Sequential" in the tape library's web-based configuration utility, a restart of the loader and the server delivered the goods. With the media changer showing in Device Manager, we installed the Quantum-supplied drivers and all was well. Thanks, Icehand!
If not, it's not a Backup Exec problem. Make sure to get a Medium Changer visible in Windows Device Manager first. Is there a configuration in the HBA to configure the card for Multi-LUN? Make sure it is enabled if it exists.
If you do see a "Medium Changer" in the OS, then have a look in Windows Device Manager under non-plug and play drivers (have to enable viewing hidden devices to see that branch). Make sure that you have a "SCSIChanger" device driver loaded.
More info in http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/255501.htm.
Let us know how you get on.