Windows
tape devices use the format “TAPEn”,
where n is the tape drive number, in its physical
device names.
Windows assigns the names as follows:
TAPE0 is
assigned to the tape drive with the lowest SCSI ID, then
TAPE1 is assigned to the drive
with the next highest SCSI ID, and so on until all devices have
been assigned names
For example, to dump a database directly to the first tape
drive, substitute the following value for the
stripe_device parameter
in the
dump database command:
\\.\tape0
1> dump database pubs2 to "stripe_device"
2> capacity = 10000
3> go
The Windows setup program uses these device names to create
logical device names to refer to the Windows tape devices; for example, TAPEDUMP1 and TAPEDUMPS2 (logical
names) “for TAPE0 and TAPE1 (tape
device names), respectively.
Note: On your local computer, you can use the logical names TAPEDUMP1 and TAPEDUMP2 to
refer to the associated tape devices. However, when you run the
backup on a remote Backup Server, be sure to use the actual tape
device names, rather than the logical names.
To create a new, logical device name, use the sp_addumpdevice system procedure.