Question : Problem: Tapecopy fails in Arcserve 11.5 SP4

Having an issue copying tapes via the commande line in Arcserve 11.5 SP4.
Specific error is Formatting tape header failed, rc[204]
Need help PLEASE -See Below
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*-------------------CA Tape Copy Utility,------------------*
********************Copyright (c) 2007 CA*******************
*-------------------All rights reserved--------------------*
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 05/05 13:14:10 COMMAND LINE: tapecopy  -s TAPLIB -d TAPLIB -tW-NG09 FUL-FRI- 3/
27/09 -cCOPYW-NG09FUL-FRI-3/27/09
 05/05 13:14:10 Tsi connection established as [TAPECOPY-12b8]
 05/05 13:14:10 Connecting to source tape name [W-NG09 FUL-FRI- 3/27/09] rid [59
6e] seq [1] s/n[ATN284S].
 05/05 13:14:56 Connecting to target tape [] rid [0] seq [0] s/n []
 05/05 13:15:27 Making the destination tape a non-mux tape.
 05/05 13:15:30 Formatting tape header failed, rc[204]
 05/05 13:15:37 Tape Copy failed

C:\Program Files\CA\BrightStor ARCserve Backup>tape

Answer : Problem: Tapecopy fails in Arcserve 11.5 SP4

ok, i think i see the problem now...

COPYW-NG09FUL-FRI-3/27/09 = 25 characters

tape name is limited to 23 characters in ARCserve.
hence the format of target tape was failing.
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