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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <h2 data-id="symptom">Symptom</h2> <p>Errors occur while writing a tape label</p> <h2 data-id="possible-causes">Possible Causes</h2> <p>Most often, this occurs as a result of a timing issue in the tape drive’s firmware. The backup system performs a fast seek to the last dataset and determines that the tape has arrived before it actually has arrived.</p> <h2 data-id="resolution">Resolution</h2> <p>In order to fix this, open the UI, go to Configure > Appliances, edit Advanced > General Configuration.</p> <p>Filter for “tape Commands” section.</p> <p>Locate the “AdvancedTapePositioning” object and change the value from 1 to 0.</p> <p><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032361/uploads/migrated/Z605DY5IVQJ9/mceclip0.png" alt="mceclip0.png" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img></p> <p>This will incur a penalty of taking longer to fast forward to an available space on tape when appending backups to a tape already prior used, but will solve some compatibility issues.</p> </article> </main>