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Re: [Networker] Anyone having problems with HP LTO tape drivers for Windows?

2012-07-30 09:17:19
Subject: Re: [Networker] Anyone having problems with HP LTO tape drivers for Windows?
From: FAIDHERBE Thierry <thierry.faidherbe AT FOREM DOT BE>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:09:02 +0000
I have an Overland 4000E Lib with LTO3 and LTO5FC drives
working like a charm with Win2008R2 and NSR75.
I have standard Win2008 LTO Tape drivers and reg key for
permanent device naming.

Th

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Objet : Re: [Networker] Anyone having problems with HP LTO tape drivers for
Windows?

> Hi Michael,
>
> I have seen this or a related problem on different sites using (always)
new
> (2011-2012) overland tape libraries.

This library is from 2008 ...

> The workaround was to label the (blank) tapes on a different server.
Does it
> happen with labelled tapes or only blank ones?

Labeled tapes. (altho I have seen it happen once, maybe twice, when
labeling blank tapes). And I don't have another server to use, nor another
LTO-4 drive to label tapes.

> If you cannot downgrade,  that may happen because the 1.0.6.3
> driver files are
> still on the windows directories. Try uninstalling the 1.0.6.3
> driver, remove
> all the 1.0.6.3 files  and reboot the windows machine. That might work.

I don't know what all the 1.0.6.3 files are. :-) I did reboot between
uninstalling, and trying to re-install, to no luck. I will try again
today, if I can.