I had the same problem with Maxell tapes in IBM LTO-2 drives. A firmware
upgrade fixed the issue...

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From: Maine, Daniel [mailto:DEM AT DELTAFAUCET DOT COM]
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 9:17 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] LTO Drive or Tape Problem


Setup:
6 IBM LTO drives located in a STKL180
We have 2 drives scsi attached to directly to the Networker server.
3 drives are attached to 3 different AIX boxes with one drive daisy chained
to another drive.
Running 7.1 Networker

Dilemma:
With the Imation, Maxell, and EMC brand LTO tapes we are experiencing the
following:
*       Tapes showing full prematurely.
*       Media surface error
*       "Just hangs", goes into a loop.

We have not had any problems with the Fuji brand tapes, but, we did not
catch this in time and our manager is not letting us buy into the tapes that
are working without any problems.

Does anyone have a "fix" for this issue or have experienced the same?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Dan Maine

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