User's Manual

8 Installing and using Windows advanced path failover

drivers

After the host has been configured and booted, install both the HP tape and the HP changer drivers.

Both the HP tape and the HP changer drivers must be installed before the advanced path failover

drivers are installed. The tape and changer drivers are in the HP StoreEver Tape Drivers for Windows

driver bundle available from http://www.hp.com/storage/tapecompatibility.

After installation of the tape and changer drivers, use Windows Device Manager to confirm that

all of the configured paths are accessible to the OS. If the example system shown below is used,

there should be two paths to each tape drive and four paths to the tape library. If the expected

number of paths is not available, check the host and SAN configuration. After all of the expected

paths are available to the host, the advanced path failover drivers can be installed.