ViperW2K.txt 10-08-04 ______________________________________________________________________ Certance/Seagate LTO Tape Driver 1.9 for Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 for Intel-IA32, Intel-IA32e/AMD64, and Intel-IA64 Computers - ViperW2K.sys ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Certance, LLC All rights reserved Certance was formerly Seagate Removable Storage Solutions ====================================================================== This guide gives installation instructions for a software driver that may be needed to operate a Certance/Seagate LTO tape drive, on Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, or Server 2003. This driver works with Pentium (IA32), Xeon (IA32e), Opteron (AMD64), Itanium (IA64), and compatible computers. When Windows does not provide built-in driver support for your tape drive, an add-on tape driver must be installed for Removable Storage Manager (RSM) and the native Backup application to operate the tape drive. (XP Home does not have a native Backup application.) Some add-on backup applications may not require the installation of a tape driver. Install this driver if you plan to use the native Backup application and either 'Yes' appears for your tape drive in the table below, or Windows has not recognized your tape drive. Installation of 'ViperW2K' Tape Driver Required =========================================================== Tape Drives and | Windows | Windows | Windows Autoloaders (AL) | 2000 | XP | Server 2003 =========================================================== Viper-200 LTO1 | Yes | optional | optional CLL-1600/AL-810 LTO1 | Yes | optional | optional CL-400 LTO2 | Yes | Yes | Yes CL-800 Dual LTO2 | Yes | Yes | Yes CLL-3200 AL LTO2 | Yes | Yes | Yes CL-800 LTO3 | Yes | Yes | Yes CL-1600 Dual LTO3 | Yes | Yes | Yes CLL-6400 AL LTO3 | Yes | Yes | Yes =========================================================== For 'optional' entries, Windows has a built in LTO tape driver (ltotape.sys) that should load automatically. Installation of this driver optional. To determine whether Windows has recognized your tape drive, examine Device Manager's device tree. To open Device Manager: (right click) My Computer -> Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager then expand the device tree entries: + ? Other Devices (driver not installed) + Tape drives (tape driver installed) and look for a similar to: SEAGATE ULTRIUM06242-XXX SCSI Sequential Device, CERTANCE ULTRIUM 2 SCSI Sequential Device, or CERTANCE ULTRIUM 3 SCSI Sequential Device. If the appears under 'Tape drives', then Windows has installed a driver. Otherwise, if the appears under "Other devices", then install this driver. Contents ======== Device Driver Installation Autoloader Driver Note Creating an Installation Folder from ViperW2K.exe Automated System Recovery (ASR) SCSI Hardware Configuration Important Notes -- Using the Removable Storage Manager Mount Command -- Tape Drive Firmware Version Determination -- Examining the Version of 'ViperW2K.sys' Supported Tape Drive Models ViperW2K History ====================================================================== Device Driver Installation -------------------------- This procedure can be used for installing, or updating a Windows 2000, XP, or Server 2003 tape device driver for a Certance/Seagate LTO tape drive. The procedure assumes the tape drive is both powered and connected to a controller appropriate for the tape drive model. Login with administrator privilege. The procedure requires a driver installation folder, containing the file 'ViperW2K.inf', be available on a CD-ROM, diskette, hard disc, or network. If not available, visit the section "Creating an Installation Folder from ViperW2K.exe" first. For Windows 2000/XP/2003, the 'Found New Hardware Wizard' may appear on the first boot after tape drive hardware is connected. In this case, skip directly to either the 'Windows 2000 Hardware Wizard' or 'Windows XP/2003 Hardware Wizard' section below. Otherwise -- 1. Right click on 'My Computer', then select 'Properties'. 2. In 'System Properties', click the 'Hardware' tab, then click the 'Device Manager' button. 3. In 'Device Manager', open one of these tree branches -- 'Other devices' (the driver is not yet installed), or 'Tape drives' (the driver was previously installed), and find the . For example: 'SEAGATE ULTRIUM06242-XXX SCSI Sequential Device', 'CERTANCE ULTRIUM 2 SCSI Sequential Device', or 'CERTANCE ULTRIUM 3 SCSI Sequential Device'. Right click the above , then select Properties. Note. If the is not present, Windows did not detect the drive. If your SCSI adapter does not appear under 'SCSI and RAID controllers' in Device Manager's tree, then review the SCSI adapter's documentation. Power down the system and verify power and data cables are correctly oriented and securely connected. Also, if two or more devices are attached to the SCSI data cable, verify that the device's SCSI IDs do not conflict (see "SCSI Hardware Configuration"). You may be able to verify whether the BIOS is detecting the tape drive by enabling and observing the BIOS's hardware detection display during system boot. 4. In ' Properties', select the 'Driver' tab, then click the 'Update Driver...' button. Proceed to either the 'Windows 2000 Hardware Wizard' or 'Windows XP/2003 Hardware Wizard' section below as appropriate. Windows 2000 Hardware Wizard ---------------------------- 5. In 'Found New Hardware Wizard' or 'Upgrade Device Driver Wizard', 'Welcome' ..., click 'Next'. 6. In 'Install Hardware Device Drivers', select the top radio button -- (x) Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended), then click 'Next' 7. In 'Locate Device Drivers', check the appropriate box -- [ ] Floppy disk drives -- if the Certance driver files are on floppy, then insert the driver floppy, or [ ] CD-ROM drives -- if the Certance driver files are on CD, then insert the driver CD, or [ ] Specify a location -- if the Certance driver files are on your hard disc or a network server. then click 'Next'. 8. If you see a sub-dialog with the prompt -- 'Copy manufacturer's files from:', type the full pathname of the folder containing ViperW2K.inf, then click 'OK'. Note: One way to locate the folder containing the file ViperW2K.inf, is to right click 'Start', select 'Search...' then 'Look in: My Computer' for the file 'ViperW2K.inf'. 9. In 'Driver Files Search Results'... If you see the following check box at the bottom of the dialog, '[x] Install one of the other drivers' then check it, then click 'Next'. Otherwise, if no check box appears, you should see 'Windows found a driver for this device...' \ViperW2K.inf', then click 'Next', and skip to step 11. 10. In 'Driver Files Found', select (click to highlight) the driver -- 'Certance/Seagate LTO (ViperW2K.sys 1.9)' then click 'Next'. 11. In 'Completing the Found New/Upgrade Device Driver Wizard', you should see 'The wizard has finished installing the software for: Certance/Seagate LTO (ViperW2K.sys 1.9)', then click 'Finish'. Windows XP/2003 Hardware Wizard ------------------------------- 5. In 'Found New Hardware Wizard' or 'Hardware Update Wizard': 'Welcome ...', select BOTTOM radio button -- (x) Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) then click 'Next' 6. In 'Please choose your search and installation options.' select the BOTTOM radio button -- (x) Don't search. I will chose the driver to install. then click 'Next'. 7. If the 'Hardware Type.' dialog appears, select 'Tape drives' near the end of the list, then click 'Next'. 8. In 'Select the device driver you want to install for this hardware', click the 'Have Disk...' button. 9. In 'Install From Disk' 'Copy manufacturer's files from:', type the floppy disk drive letter (e.g., A:\), or the full pathname of the folder containing ViperW2K.inf, then click 'OK'. Note: Optionally, 'Browse' can be used to select the folder containing the file ViperW2K.inf. One way to locate the folder containing ViperW2K.inf, is to right click 'Start', select 'Search...' then 'Look in: My Computer' for the file ViperW2K.inf. 10. Now back in 'Select the device driver you want to install ...' select (click to highlight) the driver -- 'Certance/Seagate LTO (ViperW2K.sys 1.9)', then click 'Next'. 11. If you see the dialog -- 'Hardware Installation ! The software you are installing for this hardware Certance/Seagate LTO (ViperW2K.sys 1.9) has not passed Windows Logo testing ...' click 'Continue Anyway'. 12. The wizard then shows 'Please wait while the wizard installs the software ...' and proceeds to install the driver. 13. In 'Completing the Found New/Update Hardware Wizard', you should see 'The wizard has completed installing the software for: Certance/Seagate LTO (ViperW2K.sys 1.9)' then click 'Finish'. If the driver is being re-installed or updated you may be asked to reboot for the driver to take effect. Otherwise no reboot should be needed. The Certance/Seagate LTO tape drive is now installed and ready to use. Windows 2000, XP Pro, and Server 2003 uses two programs to manage tape backups -- 'Removable Storage Manager' and 'Backup'. Note: Windows XP Home does not provide a tape backup application. Removable Storage Manager, at a lower level, recognizes removable storage devices (such as tape drives) and their media (such as tapes). Removable Storage Manager maintains a data base of tapes which is organized by 'allocating' tapes to various media 'pools'. The Backup program, at a higher level, backs up and restore system files. Backup uses services of Removable Storage Manager to gain access to tapes. To verify that Removable Storage Manager has recognized the tape drive -- Right click 'My Computer' and select 'Manage'. In 'Computer Management', follow the tree Computer Management (local) - Storage - Removable Storage - Physical Locations [Windows 2000] - Libraries [Windows XP/2003] In this tree, you should see an entry similar to: 'CERTANCE ULTRIUM 3 SCSI Sequential Device'. For help on Removable Storage, click the help icon and open the 'Removable Storage' book. For Windows 2000, XP Professional (not XP Home), or Server 2003, you can use the Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Backup applet to verify correct tape drive operation. Note. If you use the Removable Storage Manager 'Mount' command, the mounted tape becomes inaccessible to Windows Backup until you use RSM 'Dismount'. Also, after an RSM 'Mount', you must use 'Dismount' before 'Eject' can be successful under Windows 2000. ====================================================================== Autoloader Driver Note ---------------------- If you are installing an 8-slot Autoloader model, then you also need to install a separate Medium Changer driver to operate the tape changer mechanism. The Medium Changer driver is available in a driver package named "cllmc". You should find the "cllmc" driver on an accompanying CD-ROM by searching for "cllmc.inf", or at http://www.certance.com under a name similar to "cllmc.exe". The order of driver installation is not important. ====================================================================== Creating an Installation Folder from ViperW2K.exe -------------------------------------------------- This procedure creates a driver installation folder, or floppy, containing driver files needed in either "Device Driver Installation", or "Automated System Recovery (ASR)" sections. It assumes you have downloaded the file ViperW2K_.exe from http://www.certance.com ViperW2K_.exe is a self-extracting 32-bit WinZip program. 1. Open a Windows Explorer (e.g., right click Start -> Explore). 2. Locate the download folder containing ViperW2K.exe. Note. Another way to locate the folder containing ViperW2K.exe, is to right click 'Start', select 'Search...', then 'Look in: My Computer' for the file ViperW2K*.exe. 3. Double click ViperW2K_.exe to start the self-extractor. 4. You will see a dialog box titled 'WinZip Self-Extractor [ViperW2K_.exe]'. 5. In the Unzip To Folder field, set the name of a driver installation folder or floppy. For example, C:\ViperW2K for a hard disk driver installation folder, or A:\ for a driver installation floppy. 6. Click the Unzip button. 7. You will see "8 file(s) unzipped successfully", then click OK. 8. Click Close The following files will be copied to the driver installation folder or floppy: ViperW2K.txt This document ViperW2K.inf Setup information ViperW2K.cat Digital signature catalog txtsetup.oem Information for Windows OS installation i386\tapestub.sys Dummy driver for OS installation i386\ViperW2K.sys Driver for Intel-IA32 amd64\ViperW2K.sys Driver for Intel-IA32e/AMD64 (64e) ia64\ViperW2K.sys Driver for Intel-IA64 ====================================================================== Automated System Recovery (ASR) ------------------------------- Windows XP Professional and Server 2003 have an Automated System Recovery (ASR) feature. ASR restores the Windows system partition from a backup tape and supplementary floppy, previously created by the Windows Backup application's Tools -> ASR Wizard. To perform a recovery using ASR you need the following media: - Windows installation CD. - ASR floppy diskette created by the Windows Backup ASR Wizard containing filenames similar to: A:\setup.log A:\asr.sif A:\asrpnp.sif - ASR tape created by the Windows Backup ASR Wizard. When viewed by Backup's "Restore and Manage Media" tab, you should see a directory structure similar to: - [ ] Operating System Backup mm/dd/yyyy - [ ] C: + [ ] Documents and Settings + [ ] Program Files + [ ] System and Volume Information + [ ] Windows - [ ] C: - [ ] Windows - [ ] Repair asr.sif asrpnp.sif [ ] System State Boot Files COM+ Class Registration Database Registry - Host adapter driver floppy diskette if an add-on adapter driver was originally required for Windows to recognize your host adapter. - Tape driver floppy if the Windows installation CD-ROM (or other media) does not include driver support for your tape drive. If 'Yes' appears in the table below, then to successfully perform an Automated System Recovery, the tape driver must be installed from floppy, using F6, during the recovery procedure. Tape Driver Installation Floppy Required for ASR Windows Installation =========================================================== | Windows XP | Windows | Professional CD | Server 2003 CD Tape Drive |-----------------------|---------------- Technology | no-SP | SP1 | SP2 | no-SP ----------------------------------------------------------- LTO1, LTO1 Loader | - | - | - | - LTO2, LTO2 Loader | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes LTO2, LTO3 Loader | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes =========================================================== For entries that contain a '-' the Windows installation CD-ROM installs the ltotape.sys driver. If 'Yes' appears in the table above, then a tape driver installation floppy containing the file "txtsetup.oem", and structured similar to the below is required: A:\ViperW2K.txt A:\ViperW2K.inf A:\ViperW2K.cat A:\txtsetup.oem A:\386\tapestub.sys A:\i386\ViperW2K.sys A:\amd64\ViperW2K.sys A:\ia64\ViperW2K.sys A tape driver floppy can be created either by copying the files from the CD that accompanied your drive, or by extracting files from a driver package downloaded through the internet. See "Creating an Installation Folder from ViperW2K.exe". If you choose to restore Windows using Automated System Recovery, then use this procedure as a guide: 1. Boot the Windows XP Professional or Server 2003 CD. Note. You may need to alter your BIOS Setup configuration in order to boot from CD. 2. Press F6, when the following message appears, if an add-on tape driver is to be installed from floppy and/or you need to install a driver for a host adapter. Windows Setup =============== Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver... Note. The "Press F6" message appears for about 5 seconds shortly after the first text-mode "Windows Setup" blue screen appears. If you miss the 5 second window, press CTRL-ALT-DEL to restart the system. 3. Press F2 when the following message appears: Windows Setup =============== Press F2 to run Automated System Recovery (ASR)... 4. If not already inserted, Windows Setup prompts to insert the the Automated System Recovery floppy, then press Enter. [ Setup loads many components from the Windows CD. ] 5. If you pressed F6 to install a tape driver and/or host adapter driver, then at the screen: Windows Setup =============== Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed on your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices(s): * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Press S, then at the screen: Windows Setup =============== Please Insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A: * Press ENTER when ready. ENTER=Continue ESC=Cancel F3=Exit If you need to install a tape [or host adapter] driver, then insert Tape Driver [or host adapter] floppy, then press ENTER, then at the screen: Windows Setup =============== You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Select the SCSI adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. [ If you are installing a host adapter driver, host adapter choices are displayed instead. ] Certance/Seagate LTO Tape for Windows 2000/XP/2003 i386 (Pentium) Certance/Seagate LTO Tape for Windows XP/2003 AMD64/IA32e (64e) Certance/Seagate LTO Tape for Windows XP/2003 IA64 (Itanium) ENTER=Select F3=Exit [ you can also use ESC=Cancel ] Use the arrow keys to select a tape driver that corresponds to your operating system and CPU [or host adapter], then press Enter, then at the screen: Windows Setup =============== Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices(s): [ If you are installing a host adapter driver, a host adapter name is displayed here. ] Certance/Seagate LTO Tape for Windows 2000/XP/2003 i386 (Pentium) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit If you need to install an adapter driver, press S and repeat this procedure for the adapter driver, otherwise press ENTER. [ Setup starts the text-mode setup/repair kernel. ] 6. If not already inserted, Windows Setup prompts to insert the the Automated System Recovery floppy, then press Enter. [ Setup formats the original Windows hard disk partition (usually C:). ] [ Setup creates a lists of files to copy to the Windows partition. ] 7. If you are installing a tape driver, Windows Setup asks you to insert the tape driver floppy, then press Enter. If you are installing a host adapter driver, Windows Setup asks you to insert the host adapter driver floppy, then press Enter. [ Setup copies files to the Windows hard disk partition. ] 8. If not already inserted, Windows Setup prompts to insert the the Automated System Recovery floppy, then press Enter. [ Setup reboots and starts GUI mode Setup. ] [ Setup performs a partial Windows installation. ] 9. If you are installing a tape driver that does not have a Microsoft digital signature, then respond to the following pop-ups as shown: Software Installation ! has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows. Do you want to continue installing the software? [ Yes ] [ No ] click Yes. Hardware Installation ! The software you are installing for this hardware: Certance/Seagate LTO (ViperW2K 1.9) has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows. Do you want to continue installing the software for this hardware? [ Yes ] [ No ] click Yes. Files Needed The file 'ViperW2K.sys' on Certance/Seagate LTO [ OK ] Tape Driver 1.9 for Windows 2000/XP/2003 is needed. [ Cancel ] Type the path where the file is located, and then click OK. Copy files from: [ C:\WINDOWS\OemDir\i386 ] [ Browse... ] edit the path to contain only 'C:\WINDOWS\OemDir' (remove the '\i386', '\amd64', or '\ia64' from the end of path), then click OK. [ Setup starts the Backup program to restore the ASR tape: "ntbackup recover /1 /sifpath=C:\Windows\repair\asr.sif" ] 10. If the Backup program displays: "Insert Media (i) Insert the following media: Operating System Backup mm/dd/yyyy Media #1. Do you want to continue? [ Yes ] [ No ]" Possible causes and solutions are: - The ASR tape is not inserted in the tape drive. Insert the tape created by the Windows Backup ASR Wizard. - The tape does not contain the ASR backup, or is unreadable. Examine the ASR tape's directory structure on another computer. See the beginning of this section for an example ASR tape directory structure. - An add-on tape and/or host adapter driver, if required, was not installed. If Windows originally required add-on tape and/or host adapter drivers to recognize your tape drive, then verify whether drivers were installed as discussed earlier in this section. - Windows did not detect the tape drive. Verify that tape data and power cables are securely connected. [ The Backup program restores the ASR tape. ] 11. At completion of the ASR, Windows boots the recovered system. ====================================================================== SCSI Hardware Configuration --------------------------- Please pay attention to these hardware configuration considerations for Certance/Seagate SCSI tape drives: Shut down the system and turn power off before installing or configuring hardware. Use appropriate ElectroStatic Discharge (ESD) precautions to prevent static electricity from damaging your tape drive and computer. For example, use a wrist strap designed to prevent ESD. Select a tape drive SCSI ID that does not conflict with other the devices, including the host adapter, connected the SCSI cable. Normally, the SCSI host adapter is set to the SCSI ID 7. Your SCSI host adapter should be configured to 'Enable Disconnect' for all SCSI device IDs. It is especially critical that the SCSI adapter be configured to 'Enable Disconnect' for the tape drive's device ID. If not, then accesses to the SCSI hard disc can timeout because they cannot gain access to the SCSI bus during long duration tape commands such as Rewind or Seek to End-of-Data. If you have an Adaptec SCSI Host Adapter, you may be able to set the 'Enable Disconnect' configuration by entering to enter the Adaptec BIOS during boot. Consult your SCSI host adapter manual. The SCSI cable must be correctly electrically terminated at both ends and only at the ends. Forms of cable termination vary. Termination may be built into one or both cable ends. Termination may be in the form of a terminator plug which is either plugged into the end of the cable or plugged into a pass through connector on the SCSI device attached to the end of a cable. Many Single Ended (SE) SCSI devices provide termination as a selectable function that can be enabled, via jumper or switch, if the device is connected to the end of the cable. Most Low Voltage Differential (LVD) SCSI devices (except for host controllers) do not provide built in termination. The SCSI controller is also a SCSI device and thus, when it is the final device on a cable, must be terminated. By design, most modern SCSI controllers automatically enable on-board termination when positioned as the final device on the cable. SCSI devices, in the middle of the cable daisy chain, should have terminators disabled. You may be able to verify the configuration by enabling and observing the BIOS's report of SCSI devices found, during system boot. Consult the hardware documentation for your SCSI adapter and other SCSI devices for configuration and termination information. ====================================================================== Important Notes --------------- Using the Removable Storage Manager Mount Command If you use the Removable Storage Manager 'Mount' command, the mounted tape becomes inaccessible to Windows Backup until you use RSM 'Dismount'. Also, after an RSM 'Mount', you must use 'Dismount' before 'Eject' can be successful under Windows 2000. Tape Drive Firmware Version Determination For Window XP/Server 2003, you can find the tape drive firmware version using the Removable Storage Management as follows. (Use the next procedure for Windows 2000.) 1. Right click 'My Computer' and select 'Manage'. 2. In 'Computer Management', follow the tree Computer Management (local) -> Storage -> Removable Storage -> Libraries 3. In this tree, you should see an similar to: 'SEAGATE ULTRIUM06242-XXX SCSI Sequential Device', 'CERTANCE ULTRIUM 2 SCSI Sequential Device', or 'CERTANCE ULTRIUM 3 SCSI Sequential Device'. Right click the above identifier, then select Properties. 4. In ' Properties', select the 'Device Information' tab. In the display, you should see a field similar to -- 'Revision: 1574' In this example, 1574 is the firmware version. For Windows 2000/XP/2003, you can find the tape drive firmware version using the Registry Editor (regedit) as follows. 1. Open the Registry Editor -- click 'Start' -> 'Run', then in the 'Open:' field type 'regedit', then click OK. 2. From the Registry Editor menu bar -- select 'Edit' -> 'Find...', in the 'Find what:' field, type 'ULTRIUM' (without quotes), in 'Look at:' make sure that, at least, 'Data' is checked, then click 'Find Next'. 3. 'Find' searches the registry and should stop and display something similar to -- Left hand window: My Computer HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE HARDWARE DEVICEMAP Scsi Scsi Bus Target Id Logical Unit Id Right hand window: Identifier REG_SZ SEAGATE ULTRIUM06242-XXX1528 -or- Identifier REG_SZ CERTANCEULTRIUM 2 1574 The final 4 characters in the Identifier (1528 or 1574 in these examples) is the firmware version. Examining the Version of 'ViperW2K.sys' 1. Right click on 'My Computer', then select 'Properties'. 2. In 'System Properties', click the 'Device Manager' button. 3. In 'Device Manager', open the Device Manager tree 'Tape drives', and find the . For example: 'SEAGATE ULTRIUM06242-XXX SCSI Sequential Device', 'CERTANCE ULTRIUM 2 SCSI Sequential Device', or 'CERTANCE ULTRIUM 3 SCSI Sequential Device'. Right click the above identifier, then select Properties. 4. In ' Properties', select the 'Driver' tab. You should see 'Driver Version: 1.9.0.0' Then click the 'Driver Details...' button. You should see 'File version: 1.9'. ====================================================================== Supported Tape Drive Models --------------------------- The table below identifies tape drive models supported by the following driver binaries: i386\ViperW2K.sys -- Certance/Seagate LTO Tape Driver 1.9 for Windows 2000/XP/2003 Intel-IA32 Computers File date: 08-26-04 File size: 9,216 amd64\ViperW2K.sys -- Certance/Seagate LTO Tape Driver 1.9 for Windows 2000/XP/2003 Intel-IA32e/AMD64 Computers File date: 08-26-04 File size: 11,776 ia64\ViperW2K.sys -- Certance/Seagate LTO Tape Driver 1.9 for Windows 2000/XP/2003 Intel-IA64 Computers File date: 08-26-04 File size: 22,016 LTO Ultrium Tape Drive and 8-slot Autoloader Models ============================================================================ Name Technology Bus Model Tape Drive Inquiry String ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Viper-200 LTO-1 SCSI STU{4,6}2001{LW,WD} SEAGATE ULTRIUM06242-XXX CLL-1600/AL-810 LTO-1 SCSI STUL816001LW SEAGATE ULTRIUM06242-XXX CL-400 LTO-2 SCSI CL400LW{F,EF,2U} CERTANCE ULTRIUM 2 CL-800 Dual LTO-2 SCSI CL800LW2U CERTANCE ULTRIUM 2 CLL-3200 AL LTO-2 SCSI CLL3200LWEF CERTANCE ULTRIUM 2 CL-800 LTO-3 SCSI CL800LW{F,EF,2U} CERTANCE ULTRIUM 3 CL-1600 Dual LTO-3 SCSI CL1600LW2U CERTANCE ULTRIUM 3 CLL-6400 AL LTO-3 SCSI CLL6400LWEF CERTANCE ULTRIUM 3 ============================================================================ AL = Autoloader F,4 = 5.25 inch full-high internal 6 = External EF = External full-high 2U = 3.5 inch high rack mount WD = Wide, high voltage Differential LW = Low voltage differential, Wide ====================================================================== ViperW2K History ---------------- 1.9 - Adds decorated .inf sections for x64 (IA32e/AMD64) Server 2003. Note: WHQL doesn't yet provide a means for x64 qualification. 1.8h - Adds Automated System Recovery support. 1.8 - Adds LTO3 support. - Adds Xeon (IA32e), Opteron (AMD64) support. - Improves .SYS "Properties - Version" display. 1.7 - Adds LTO2 support. - Adds Itanium (IA64) support. - Adds Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) support. - Fixes READ POSITION. Old: Read Position( Long ). If Illegal Request, try Read Position( short ). New: First try Read Position( TCPL, Long ). If Illegal Request, try Read Position( Long ). 1.5 - Initial release. - Operates LTO1. - Supports Pentium (IA32). End of File: ViperW2K.txt