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3.4.3 Adding the Storport key and BusyRetryCount parameter for each tape
Follow these steps.
1. To add the Storport key, go to the following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\SCSI\<DEVICEID>\<INSTANCE
>\DeviceParameters
2. To get a list of all the tape devices in your DPM Server to which you need to add the registry key,
run the following command from an administrative command prompt.
wmic tapedrive list brief
This command returns a list of tape drives Scsi\DeviceID\Instance that you can use to make the
above change.
3. Right-click DeviceParameters, select New > Key, and change NewKey as Storport.