Hi,
If removing SRT does not work, I helped another customer with the same tape catalog errors you are facing, check out this newsgroup post for a batch file to test network access to the catalog file - let us know the results.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/dataprotectionmanager/thread/b41f446a-b280-41dc-92d6-b53c79b2bfeb
ALSO - TRY INSTALLING THIS FIX:
979612 A hotfix is available that improves TCP loopback latency and UDP latency in Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;979612
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