Maintenance plans fail with error "Version string portion was too short or too long" after upg (4246833)

Maintenance plans failed with the following error after upgrading LiteSpeed to version 6.0

Error executing LiteSpeed.
Description: Version string portion was too short or too long. End Error
Warning: 2010-07-19 01:30:02.00
Code: 0x80019002
Source: Back Up Database (Full)
Description: SSIS Warning Code DTS_W_MAXIMUMERRORCOUNTREACHED. The Execution method succeeded, but the number of errors raised (1) reached the maximum allowed (1); resulting in failure. This occurs when the number of errors reaches the number specified in MaximumErrorCount. Change the MaximumErrorCount or fix the errors. End Warning
DTEx... The package execution fa... The step failed.