HP LTO4 - Fibre Channel Drive Reports All Tapes As "Write Protected"

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Solution 1480545.1 : HP LTO4 - Fibre Channel Drive Reports All Tapes As "Write Protected"

Applies to:

HP LTO4 Tape Drive - Version Not Applicable to Not Applicable [Release N/A]
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)

One drive sees tapes as "write protected".
Load / Unload failures detected on the same drive........Check the error warn info event log

Drive mechanism failed to "write enable" the tapes / Cartridges.. Tapes are perceived as "write protected"

Drive sensor is defective.

All tapes reported as "WRITE PROTECTED" when loaded.

Replaced the drive to fix this problem.

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