Hello,
The reduced capacity may be reached while trying to backup already compressed data.
Check whether hardware compression is enabled.
If you were to backup already compressed data, it shall not perform any further compression.
Check for Event IDs 7,9,11,15.
Set the tape drive SCSI ID as low as possible, avoiding 0 or 1, which are usually reserved for bootable devices.
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