Inventory of Non-initialized LTO-9 Tape Fails for HPE MSL2024 and 1/8 G2 Autoloader Tape Libraries

Challenge If Veeam Backup & Replication attempts to load an LTO-9 tape that has not been initialized or has an unknown status in the library, the library will report the error Source Not Ready error SCSI Check Condition 05/4481. Error MTSCSI PASS THROUGH DIRECT ended with Scsi Error Fixed format,...

Tape media not visible in the GUI

Challenge Tape media that is labelled with barcodes starting with "CLN" or "CLR" is not visible in Veeam Backup & Replication GUI Shell. Cause Tapes with labels starting with "CLN" or "CLR" are automatically detected as cleaning tapes and are hidden in the user interface. This is by design...

Failed to execute SQL scripts for Database

Challenge Upgrade from Veeam Backup & Replication 7 to 8 may fail with "Failed to execute SQL scripts for Database " Cause The issue is caused by mediapools which are not linked to any library but still contain tape media entries. This may happen when the library or standalone drive was exchanged...