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Scott Brown started the discussion HPE L&TT software on Mac OS in the forum Storage & Archiving

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 13:39:09 +0000

HPE L&TT software on Mac OS

Hi folks,

I’m trying to run the HPE L&TT v 6.2 diagnostic software on a Mac running Big Sur 11.7.1 but I’m failing miserably.

This has to be run using Terminal, a tool I have no experience of.

It says to change my working directory to /usr/local/HPE/LTT but I cannot see how I do this?

It also says alternatively, running the command hpe_ltt will…

Scott Brown replied to the discussion HPE StoreEver LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 drive failures in the forum Storage & Archiving

Sat, 16 Dec 2023 11:04:30 +0000

Reply to HPE StoreEver LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 drive failures

Hi Mads,

Thanks for this advice, very much appreciated.

I’ve found HPE extremely frustrating to deal with, it took months to get my first drive failure resolved and it genuinely feels like they just don’t care about customers.

I fear I may end up having to take legal action against them this time but I will give them time to come up with a solution…

Scott Brown replied to the discussion LTO 7 and M1 Max compatibility ? in the forum Storage & Archiving

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 21:04:17 +0000

Reply to LTO 7 and M1 Max compatibility ?

We use Yoyotta which has worked well enough and they have been very helpful with any technical queries.

The user interface badly needs work and simplification though.

Scott Brown replied to the discussion LTO Archive vs Near line storage in the forum Storage & Archiving

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 20:59:47 +0000

Reply to LTO Archive vs Near line storage

LTO archiving has not been great for our company – we’ve now had two HP LTO-7 drives fail on us despite only very light use. This has us seriously questioning their reliability.

HPE have been a complete nightmare to deal with and their tech support is a complete joke.

Scott Brown started the discussion HPE StoreEver LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 drive failures in the forum Storage & Archiving

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 20:55:09 +0000

HPE StoreEver LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 drive failures

I just wanted to let you know about our nightmare experience with HPE and LTO tape drive failures.

We are a television production company producing documentaries primarily for the BBC in the UK.

In 2016 we invested in a HPE StoreEver LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 Tape Drive to use for backing up our finished documentary projects.

This unit was very lifghtly…

Scott Brown replied to the discussion Mac LTO backup advice needed in the forum Storage & Archiving

Sun, 14 Nov 2021 12:47:12 +0000

Reply to Mac LTO backup advice needed

Thanks everyone for the replies help and advice.

I’m still testing various LTO software options but I’m leaning towards Yoyotta at the moment and they were very quick and helpful in responding by e-mail and also above in this forum.

It was sad to hear that Tolis and BruPE is no more as the software worked well for us and the guys were super helpful…

Scott Brown started the discussion Mac LTO backup advice needed in the forum Storage & Archiving

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 18:21:10 +0000

Mac LTO backup advice needed

Hi folks,

I’m looking for a little advice please.

I have a HP LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 external tape drive hooked up via a Sonnet Echo Express SEL box containing a ATTO H680 card to a 2013 Mac Pro running Big Sur 11.6.1

The Sonnet SEL has a TB3 output so I’m using an Apple TB3 to TB2 adapter to then connect into the Mac Pro.

I have two questions – first…

Scott Brown replied to the discussion BRU PE, Catalina, and What's Next in the forum Storage & Archiving

Sat, 02 May 2020 12:41:26 +0000

Reply to BRU PE, Catalina, and What's Next

Just wanted to say a massive thank you to Tim and the entire team at Tolis for coming to my rescue recently when HP were messing me around over a faulty LTO tape drive.
With their help and advice I was able to resolve the issue with HP and they replaced the LTO 7 tape unit.
In my 20 years of running my business, I have to say their customer… Read more