Installing and using Windows advanced path
failover drivers
After the host has been configured and booted, install both the Hewlett Packard Enterprise tape and
changer drivers. Both drivers must be installed before the advanced path failover drivers are installed.
The tape and changer drivers are in the StoreEver Tape Drivers for Windows driver bundle available from
http://www.hpe.com/storage/tapecompatibility
Installing the Windows advanced path failover drivers
Prerequisites
• Windows Installer version 4.5 or later
• Windows driver for the HPE LTO-6 tape drive
• Windows driver for the tape library
Procedure
1.
Locate the drivers on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website:
a.
http://www.hpe.com/support/hpesc
.
b.
Enter
ESL G3
(for ESL G3),
MSL3040
(for MSL3040), or
MSL6480
(for MSL6480), and then click
Go
.
c.
In the
Results
, select your library.
d.
In the
Download options
tab, click
Drivers, software & firmware
.
e.
In the
Operating System
drop down, select
OS Independent
.
f.
Click
Driver — Storage Tape
.
g.
Click
Obtain software
for the High Availability Failover Driver for your operating system.
h.
Follow the prompts to download the driver package.
2.
To install the Tape Upper Bus Storage Filter driver, run the installer file as Administrator and then
restart when requested.
3.
After the system restarts, the installer will continue installing the Tape Multi-Path Intermediate Class
driver.
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