Disabling Drivers on Windows-Based Media Servers

This section explains how to disable drivers for tape libraries and tape drives on a media server prior to installing Oracle Secure Backup. These steps are only required on hosts assigned the role of media server.

To disable drivers on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 2000, complete the following steps:

1. From the Control Panel, click System.

2. Click the Hardware tab.

3. Click Device Manager to launch the Device Manager window.

   If no tape libraries are attached to your system, skip to Step 8.

   If a tape library is attached to your system, continue to Step 4.

4. Select Medium Changers from the navigation tree.

   
   

   Note: Medium Changer devices are only displayed in the Device Manager window if a library is attached to the system.

   
   

5. Select the icon that represents your library and right-click with your mouse. A menu appears.

6. Select Disable to disable the medium changer driver.

7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for each medium changer that appears in the expanded list.

8. Select Tape Drives from the navigation tree to display installed drivers for tape drives.

   
   

   Note: If Tape Drives is not in the navigation tree, then your tape drive may be listed in the navigation tree under Other Devices instead.

   
   

9. Select the icon that represents your tape drive and right-click with your mouse. A menu appears.

10. Select Disable to disable the tape drive driver.

11. Repeat steps 9 and 10 for each tape drive.

12. Reboot your host.