Tape Marked as Write Protected When it isn't

[Guest Charlie]

I have a Quantum Superloader 3 LTO2 tape library running on a Dell PE 2800

with Windows 2003 R2, SP2. In Removable Storage, my LTO tape shows up as

write protected when I try to move it into the Free Media Pool. The tape

doesn't have the write protection tab engaged and I have never even used the

tape before. I am not sure this is really a Windows problem, but does anyone

have an idea what I can do about it?

 

Thanks.

[Guest Charlie]

RE: Tape Marked as Write Protected When it isn't

 

I should also mention that the in the Properties box for the tape, the Type

shows as Unknown (Read Only).

 

"Charlie" wrote:

> I have a Quantum Superloader 3 LTO2 tape library running on a Dell PE 2800

> with Windows 2003 R2, SP2. In Removable Storage, my LTO tape shows up as

> write protected when I try to move it into the Free Media Pool. The tape

> doesn't have the write protection tab engaged and I have never even used the

> tape before. I am not sure this is really a Windows problem, but does anyone

> have an idea what I can do about it?

>

> Thanks.

[Guest Charlie]

RE: Tape Marked as Write Protected When it isn't

 

OK, if anyone figured this out, you are a genius......

 

I had placed barcodes labels on the tapes. I noticed that they all began

with the letters "cln". It seemed that would suggest barcodes for cleaning

tapes, but I thought they were the labels that came with the tapes and so

would be legit for backup tapes. I just ignored it, thinking that it would

have no impact even if they were for marking cleaning tapes (they are only

labels after all).

 

I noticed in the Properties for the tape drive itself in Remote Storage that

there is a check box that says "Recognize cleaner cartridge barcodes". I was

suprised something like that would exist, but I unchecked it and sure enough

the tapes were no longer maked as write protected. (I later relabeled the

tapes with legitimate barcode labels and checked the box again, which of

course had the same affect.)

 

I hope nobody wasted any time on this.

 

 

 

"Charlie" wrote:

> I have a Quantum Superloader 3 LTO2 tape library running on a Dell PE 2800

> with Windows 2003 R2, SP2. In Removable Storage, my LTO tape shows up as

> write protected when I try to move it into the Free Media Pool. The tape

> doesn't have the write protection tab engaged and I have never even used the

> tape before. I am not sure this is really a Windows problem, but does anyone

> have an idea what I can do about it?

>

> Thanks.