SAP Note 12440 - FM: BR214E Label on tape in drive ... not found.

Symptom:

brbackup (brarchive) does not accept a tape which was previously successfully initialized or used for a backup. Error message: BR214E Label on tape in drive ... not found.

Cause and prerequisites

The rewind und no-rewind drivers have been mixed up in the tape_address and tape_address_rew init.sap profile or an AT&T driver was specified instead of a Berkeley style driver.

Solution
Correct the init.sap profile and start brbackup (brarchive) again or define the Berkeley style driver for the tape drive.

Keyword: BRBACKUP