Sandy

Hi Team ,



We are using the Storport on windows 64 servers and we need to uninstall the
drivers for the changer and drive to make the scsi pass move thorugh it and
to make it work



But on 32 bit servers , we need to have the drive and changer enabled and
need to have drivers installed to make it work



coded 64bit Windows to only support Storport



With Windows 64bit the IBM tape drive driver always seems to create a
problem for ARCserve. Here is the difference between 64 and 32 bit Windows.

64bit – IBM tape drive driver causes problems

32bit – IBM tape drive driver does not.



So with 32bit it is possible to have the client load the driver, with 64bit
it is not.



The fact that IBM 64 bits drivers are unfortunately not transparent to scsi
pass through commands, we experienced it in several cases and also using
latest ones and latest storport.sys.



Is it supported to have a device detected in windows without associated OS
driver ?If no then it means there is no real 100% scsi pass through
anymore, and we are anyway dependent on a device driver …if you say yes then
what’s the official MS way to have a device detected and not
uninstalled/disabled but also to have the associated driver not running



thanks



Santhosh

Sandy

Hi Team

Can someone help me on this

Sandy

"Sandy" wrote:

> Hi Team ,
>
>
>
> We are using the Storport on windows 64 servers and we need to uninstall the
> drivers for the changer and drive to make the scsi pass move thorugh it and
> to make it work
>
>
>
> But on 32 bit servers , we need to have the drive and changer enabled and
> need to have drivers installed to make it work
>
>
>
> coded 64bit Windows to only support Storport
>
>
>
> With Windows 64bit the IBM tape drive driver always seems to create a
> problem for ARCserve. Here is the difference between 64 and 32 bit Windows.
>
> 64bit – IBM tape drive driver causes problems
>
> 32bit – IBM tape drive driver does not.
>
>
>
> So with 32bit it is possible to have the client load the driver, with 64bit
> it is not.
>
>
>
> The fact that IBM 64 bits drivers are unfortunately not transparent to scsi
> pass through commands, we experienced it in several cases and also using
> latest ones and latest storport.sys.
>
>
>
> Is it supported to have a device detected in windows without associated OS
> driver ?If no then it means there is no real 100% scsi pass through
> anymore, and we are anyway dependent on a device driver …if you say yes then
> what’s the official MS way to have a device detected and not
> uninstalled/disabled but also to have the associated driver not running
>
>
>
> thanks
>
>
>
> Santhosh
>
>
>