Unsolved
1 Rookie
•
11 Posts
0
81
Dell tl2000 lto8 tape end of calcylated life
Hello. After nearly 38 write cyckles the tapedrive says the tape is nearing its calculated life. I thought it should be upp to 260 write cycles? We are writing the tapes nearly full every time so maybe this is right? We have serveral tapes now thats indicating nearly end of its calculated time .
Anybody knows if this is correct and I need to just swap out the tapes?
Thanks in advance..
DELL-Marco B
Moderator
Moderator
•
3.4K Posts
0
November 20th, 2023 15:57
Hello,
yes if i see in this documentation it is about 260 full tape backups.
Media Handbook (https://dell.to/47Dyvm4)
Is the firmware up to date?
Thanks
jos32
1 Rookie
1 Rookie
•
11 Posts
0
November 21st, 2023 13:33
Hello.
Yes The library is F.11 /3.20e and lto drive is J4D1.
It seems like the latest firmware
jos32
1 Rookie
1 Rookie
•
11 Posts
0
November 22nd, 2023 07:38
@DELL-Marco B
I have three tapes that now says soon end of life.. Im planning to change all the tapes for new one. But It will take some time to reach 38 again. What is loadcycle? It says 115 times..
The library and the driveunit is all green in mangement console..
Im running HP tapes. Maybe switch Vendor? Its hard to find Dell tapes in Sweden...
(edited)
jos32
1 Rookie
1 Rookie
•
11 Posts
0
November 23rd, 2023 08:33
@Dell-ErmanO
Yeah Ok thanks