I experience the same issue with an Tandberg Storageloader LTO2 (SCSI). Tape redirector shows no associated tape drive in the dialog box.
OS is Windows 2008 SP2 x64, installed version is v5.8.0 Build 20120319
Would it be possible to test the updated Version?
Thanks
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