No luck finding anything from HP, but I did learn that it is the O/S that assigns the scsi device names.

So now I just need to find out how Windows server 2003 names it's devices.

The changers are recognizes by Windows Server 2003. They are connected to an Adaptec 29160 SCSI Controller. They show up under the Medium Changers category in Device manager. They are listed as HP Tape Library. Microsoft backup can use them, or I can install any backup software that supports tape li...

Anton, I have \\.\Tape0 and \\.\Tape1 mapped already and they work fine. Actually they showed up in the list, should I remove these and then try the changer symbolic link? I need is to be able to use the changers along with the tape drives. These is one tape drive in each HP Tape Changer. Hope this ...

I have tried \\.\Changer0 thru \\.\Changer5

all with the same results

I receive the same message using Share R/W option.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks

Valery, I'm using Starwing 3.0 Build 20060306 I cannot add the device \\.\ChangerX I choose SPTI as device type and I receive the following error Cannot add device. Device test failed for '\\.\ChangerX'. Here is a part of the log file. 4/5 10:49:17 c98 SPTI: '\\.\Changer5': sessions: 1. 4/5 10:49:17...

Any new information about tape changers? I have two HP Surestore 718 I would like to share as my backup server is a blade and there is not a way to install a scsi adapter.