I cannot use my HP Ultrium LTO2 after upgrading to veeam 8

[roberi]

Hi

Before ver. 8 my LTO could load the tapes, not anymore.
When I try to Inventory I get an error:

2014-11-28 17:59:16 Processing started at den 28 november 2014 17:59:13
2014-11-28 17:59:20 Drive 1 (Drive ID: Tape1) locked successfully
2014-11-28 17:59:32 Error Failed to inventory tape in Drive 1 (Drive ID: Tape1) Error: Unknown MTF writer
2014-11-28 17:59:32 Error Completed with error at den 28 november 2014 17:59:32


In version 7 I got the same error but could see the tape and then do a erase. Now the Tape is not seen in Veeam.

Please advice!

Regards
Robert

[tsightler]

Assuming this is a standalone drive I believe this is a known issue and that there is a hotfix available. You should contact technical support and they should be able to verify that this is the same issue and provide you with the fix.

[Dima P.]

Hello,

You can use this KB articlce: Tape inventory fails with "Unknown MTF writer" error in case of standalone drives. The download link for a fix should be inside. Thank you.

[Gostev]

Nevertheless, I'd like to point out that officially (as per System Requirements) we only support LTO3 or later tape libraries. Thanks!

[roberi]

Hi!

Thank you everyone! It now works!

Regards
Robert

[sebastian.mair]

hello,

i had the same error with a tape library, a hp msl2024 with single lto5 drive. i also installed the hotfix and now backup to tape works again.

but i have a library, but it seems that this fix is for single drive only? so what´s the difference? i tried to erase all tapes, but the error was not gone.

so i tried to install the hotfix, no problems since that.

[Nueke2398]

I have noticed the same issue with my inventories and backup jobs. I attempted to apply the hotfix, but it did not work. Any other suggestions?

[veremin]

The best way will be to notify support team about hotfix not solving problem and let them investigate it further. Thanks.

[sbbots]

Same problem here with a HP Ultrium 4 SCSI LTO-4 drive and a brand new LTO tape. I can add the tape server to Veeam B&R v8.0, but the drive shows as "empty" even when there is a tape inserted. I installed the hotfix KB1967 and it did not fix the issue. This drive worked perfectly with v7.0.

Case #00695886

[Dima P.]

Matt,

Thank you for the details! Please, continue to work with support team - I noticed they are awaiting for your response.