Tape • Re: Initializing LTO9 tapes behavior

hi guys,

unfortunately i have to post to this old thread!

running into the same issue here:
using HPE MSL2024 autoloader (library) with LTO9 drives
initialized all media before using them
whenever such a media is reused (in my case its the weekly tapes) i need to reinit the media on the library again!

so this looks like writing a backup to tape somehow "destroys" the initialization information on the media which requires it to be reinitialized before every single use!

this is somehow annoying and for sure not intended behavior!

looks like there needs something to be fixed in compatibility between HPE LTO9 tape drives and VBR?

btw. backups including backup to tape works without issues! its just the requirement to reinit media every time thats very annoying!

Statistics: Posted by fgw — Jul 06, 2025 10:48 am

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