HP StoreEver Ultrium Tape Drives - Manual (Page 6)

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When using HP StoreOpen Standalone with HP LTO tape drives, you need the following
components:
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An HP LTO-5 or LTO-6 tape drive connected to a supported SAS HBA
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A drive firmware revision that supports dual partitioning. HP L&TT should be used if a firmware
update is required.
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The latest tape driver (hplto.sys) installed
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The software package installer executable. This can be found at:
http://www.hp.com/go/storeopen
NOTE: You can download HP L&TT from http://www.hp.com/support/tapetools .
Downloading and installing HP StoreOpen Standalone
To use the precompiled binaries:
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Download the installer appropriate to your operating system.
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When the download has completed, run the installer. Note that administrator privileges may
be required depending on your system configuration.
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Follow the installer steps until the installation is complete.
The executables will be installed into a new menu group under HP StoreOpen Standalone. For the
next steps, see
“Using HP StoreOpen Standalone” (page 7) .
Uninstalling HP StoreOpen Standalone
If you want to remove the software from your system, follow these steps:
Procedure 1
1. Unmount any LTFS file system you currently have mounted (see “Removing the LTFS volume”
(page 14) )
2. Open the Windows Control Panel and select Uninstall a program.
3. From the list of installed software, select HP StoreOpen Standalone and then click the Uninstall
button.
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