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IBM/HP LTO - Tape Drive Always Flash Amber Clean LED And Backup Jobs Fails (Doc ID 2439579.1)

Last updated on MARCH 03, 2025

Applies to:

LTO Tape Drive - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
HP LTO4 Tape Drive - Version Not Applicable to Not Applicable [Release NA]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

The Drive always flash amber clean and tape light during the usage and make the backup failed.
When the same tape is used in another tape drive, no error at all.

OS show hard error:
rmt/0 Soft Errors: 3 Hard Errors: 108 Transport Errors: 0
Vendor: HP Product: Ultrium 4-SCSI Revision: W51D Serial No: XXX

Changes

 

Cause

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