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2 installation and configuration, Downloading and installing hp storeopen standalone, Uninstalling hp storeopen standalone – HP StoreEver Ultrium Tape Drives User Manual

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2 Installation and configuration

When using HP StoreOpen Standalone with HP LTO tape drives, you need the following
components:

An HP LTO-5 or LTO-6 tape drive connected to a supported SAS HBA

A drive firmware revision that supports dual partitioning. HP L&TT should be used if a firmware
update is required.

The latest tape driver (hplto.sys) installed

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:

Download the installer appropriate to your operating system.

When the download has completed, run the installer. Note that administrator privileges may
be required depending on your system configuration.

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)

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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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