LTFS & IBM LTO 5 Formating Medium Error

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LTFS & IBM LTO 5 Formating Medium Error

Posted by Matt Galetto on September 25, 2013 at 10:19 pm

Hi,

I am would to use LTFS and am running into a Formatting Medium Error when trying to format a HP LTO5 Tape.

I insert the tape, go to the drive and a little red X appears on the right hand side on the icon. I right click, go to format, then it says “Please Wait While Medium is being Formatted”, then an error pops up saying “LTFS60201E Drive Interface Call Format Returned Error 4318 Win 32=4318”

Then another error occurs saying “LTFS Manager Timed Out”

I’m running:
Windows 7 (64 Bit)
IBM Ultrium LTO 5 (49Y9898) Internal
HBA – ATTO H608 Express Internal

Any help would be amazing!

Thanks

Piotr Niemcewicz replied 10 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 17 Replies
17 Replies

Tim Jones
September 25, 2013 at 11:23 pm

I suspect that you may have a bad tape in this instance. Can you write to it with other software (NTBackup maybe)?

LTFS isn’t real helpful in reporting what went wrong and IBM will tell you not to use HP tapes.

Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
BRU … because it’s the RESTORE that matters!
Matt Galetto
September 27, 2013 at 3:40 pm

Hey Tim,

Thanks for your response. I figured out that I needed to download the latest microcode for my tape drive.

Thanks!
Tim Jones
September 27, 2013 at 4:35 pm

Matt – just for closure, was this input from IBM’s support, or something that you gleaned through web searching?

Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
BRU … because it’s the RESTORE that matters!
Matt Galetto
September 27, 2013 at 4:48 pm

I found IBM support to be very unhelpful, especially since I did not have a support contract. I found this through doing a lot of web searching.

This is the link which assisted me: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/server/firmware/HHLTO5.html

To upgrade I used the IBM Tape Diagnostic Tool Graphical Edition.

I downloaded the latest microcode from IBM Fix Central.
Piotr Niemcewicz
February 12, 2016 at 12:05 pm

Hi

You resolve problem?

i have same error, same hardware and software , same problem but other HBA
i use LSI 9300 4i/4e

and i try use HP tapes
Tim Jones
February 12, 2016 at 2:40 pm

Hi Piotr,

Matt and a few others have resolved this issue by updating the firmware in their tape drives. Here’s a moderately helpful link:

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/server/firmware/HHLTO5.html

Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.tolisgroup.com
BRU … because it’s the RESTORE that matters!
Piotr Niemcewicz
February 14, 2016 at 7:22 pm

but i have last version of firmware (i think

i use only HP tapes, maybe this is my mistake

i order to try Tandberg tape
Piotr Niemcewicz
February 15, 2016 at 9:43 am

OK
i check using IBM Diagnosing Tool GE

MY FIRMWARE IS: BBFN
MY MICROCODE IS: f991

i think, this is last version of Firmware and Microcode

what now???
Piotr Niemcewicz
February 15, 2016 at 2:49 pm

.. now check NBA card and other cartridges, not HP
Piotr Niemcewicz
February 15, 2016 at 2:51 pm

HBA Card…. sorry

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