HP Storage StoreOpen Standalone for Microsoft Windows User Guide

3 Using HP StoreOpen Standalone
Mapping a tape drive to a drive letter
Before you can access the tape cartridge as a volume, you must first establish a mapping between
the tape drive and a Windows drive letter. To do this, run the LTFS Configuration Tool located in
the HP StoreOpen Standalone program group.
NOTE: The tool may request administrative privileges, depending on your system security policies.
The configuration window will appear on your system:
By default the first usable tape drive found on your system is selected, along with the first unused
drive letter. Change the selections as desired, then to mount with all the default options, click Create
mapping. This results in the following actions:
1. The configuration tool checks that the drive is accessible and usable.
2. The tool attempts to verify that your system has suitable HBA driver support for LTFS operation.
3. The tool looks for a currently loaded tape cartridge. If a cartridge is found, it is checked to
see if it is formatted as an LTFS volume. If not, you are offered the option of formatting the
cartridge before proceeding. It is recommended that you should accept this option.
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