BE and Dell PV132t LTO Ultrium2

[Ralph_Grassi]

Hi everyone!

We just replaced a single Compaq DLT drive with a new Dell PV132t LTO Ultrium2 robotic library. BE detects the new equipment and shows all the slots that have media in them. Here is the problem:

I cannot get a good inventory. I get errors indicating incompatible media detected, and BE does not show the proper storage capacity of the media, which is 200/400 gb.

Any Ideas?

Thanks!

Ralph Grassi

[anoop_nair_2]

Hi,

Total Capacity shown in the media information is the amount of expected total raw capacity of the media. Some tape devices support the ability to read the amount of Total capacity of the media that is currently loaded in the device. If a tape device supports reading of the total capacity amount, then Total capacity is derived from the total capacity amount. Otherwise, Total capacity is estimated based on past usage of the media.
Make sure that the latest Veritas drivers are used. The drive firmware is updated to the latest. Also the compression option is enabled.

Please refer to the technote below to download the latest device drivers:

http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/265501.htm

[anoop_nair_2]

Could be a media capacity issue.