Veeam reads New non-barcode tape lable with a barcode

[Eamonn Deering]

Just looking at an odd issues with Veeam 9.5 SP2/ VMWARE. Dell LT2000 24 slot library.

Using barcodes for the last two months with no issue. Today we put in 5 tapes with no barcodes. We do a Veeam tape inventory followed by a Veeam tape scan (just to be sure). The Veeam reports each tape as having the barcode from the tapes we just took out. The WI from the library reports the labels as "Unknown" as you would expect.
in the offline Media the Veeam "Media Set" shows the tapes as Free yet we know they are full and valid.

Anyone else having this issue?
Thanks
Eamonn

[lyapkost]

Hi Eamonn. Did you load tapes into IE-slots or directly into the library magazine? In the latter case did you perform library rescan afterwards according to the user guide?

[Eamonn Deering]

No Import. Tapes went straight into the library (same routine for the last 6 months). A Scan was run and a tape inventory run.
There are no barcodes on these tapes yet Veeam reports all having barcodes. Every night a Veeam tape inventory script runs and two days later Veeam still reports a barcode.
I'll log a call.

[veremin]

Based on the described behaviour, it seems that the rescan step was not performed, as the result backup server confused the inserted tapes with old ones (the ones with barcodes).

Kindly, reach our support team for confirmation, they will also be able to correct product database. You can refer to similar case (02105211) to speed up the investigation process.

Thanks.

[Eamonn Deering]

Case # 02205216

rescan and / or an inventory won't resolve the issue.

Thanks

[veremin]

Correct, at this stage neither rescan nor inventory will help ,since product db modification is needed. Thanks.