DL380 Tape Drive

[ervinromel]

I have installed windows 2003 on DL380 G4 server.there is a tape drive with the following model:HP C7438A scsi sequential device.
please let me know where to find the driver for this drive.

[Hasan Atasoy]

hi ervin ;

hi it is a "HP StorageWorks DAT 72 SCSI Tape Drive" so driver page is

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?prodNameId=1114404〈=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=316234&taskId=135


Hasan.

[Víctor Cespón]

Hi, that model corresponds to a HP SureStore DAT 72i. You don't say what backup software you are going to use.
You don't really need a driver, most backup programs access the tape drive directly, and Ntbackup just needs a .inf file so the device appears identified as a tape drive.
You can find the needed files here:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&swItem=co-47869-2&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN


This utility will automatically install the SCSI and USB drivers for HP StorageWorks DAT tape drives and DAT autoloaders for systems running Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows XP. These drivers are provided for the Microsoft Windows Native Backup Utility and other Backup Software that requires tape drivers to be loaded.