TapeMediumSortByUsageStatistics not working in V12

[snakeyes1000]

The registry value TapeMediumSortByUsageStatistics=0 no longer seems to work in V12.... It keeps pulling the highest barcode numbered tape instead of the lowest. I.E. I want it to pull tape 76L9 first, but it pulls 85L9 instead. Sometimes it might pull 76L9 (slot1) first, but then it will pull 85L9 (the highest alphanumeric from slot 7) when it needs the next tape, instead of 77L9 (slot2). Is there a way to force it to pulling from Slot number order instead?

Anyone else having this problem!? It is driving me nuts!

[david.domask]

Hi @snakeyes1000, I'm afraid I cannot reproduce in my lab. While I am sure that it took the tapes in the order you listed, I'm not sure it's due to the registry value itself.

Can I ask you to export logs for the affected job using https://veeam.com/kb1832 (use the 1st option, select the tape job) and note which date/time the tape job took the tapes in unexpected order?

> Is there a way to force it to pulling from Slot number order instead?

Not at this time, no.