Backup Exec 10d Error Ready No Idle Devices Are Available
SERVICES Services Overview Education Services Business Critical Services Consulting Services Managed Services Appliance Services CUSTOMER CENTER Customer Center Support Community MyVeritas Customer Success ready no idle devices are available backup exec 2012 Licensing Programs Licensing Process ABOUT About Corporate Profile Corporate Leadership backup exec 15 no writable idle devices are available Newsroom Research Exchange Investor Relations Careers Legal Contact Us English 中文(简体) English Français Deutsch Italiano 日本語 한국어 Português Español USA Site: Veritas Veritas PartnerNet Jobs appear as ''Ready; no idle devices are available'' in the Job Monitor even though drives are available when another backup job is "Pre-Processing" or running a "Pre command" Article:000034344 Publish: Article URL:http://www.veritas.com/docs/000034344 Support / Article Sign In Remember me Forgot Password? Don't have a Veritas Account? Create a Veritas Account now! Welcome First Last Your Profile Logout Sign in to Subscribe Please sign in to set up your subscription. Close Sign In Print Article Products Article Languages Subscribe to this Article Manage your Subscriptions Problem Jobs appear as ''Ready; no idle devices are available'' in the Job Monitor even though drives are available when another backup job is "Pre-Processing" or running a "Pre command" Error Message Ready; no idle devices are available Solution Targeting a robotic library or a drive pool that contains multiple backup devices in a backup job that runs a "pre command" will result in all devices in the robotic library or drive pool being "In use" during the time period when the "pre command" is executing.During the time period when the "pre command" is executing the Job Monitor will display a status of "Pre-processing" as seen below in (FIGURE 2).During this "pre command" execution period, if a subsequent job starts that is targeting the same robotic library or drive po
03/21/2012 by masterofthehat — 2 Comments Normally, seeing the "Ready; No idle devices are available" job status in Backup Exec is not a problem because there are other jobs already using the devices that job is assigned to. When I have 2 tape drives sitting there empty and doing nothing, I get a little concerned, though! Such was the case today when I did my morning check of the Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R3 console. There were a LOT of "missed" jobs in the https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000034344 Job History, even more waiting in the "Ready; No idle devices are available" status, and the ones that were running were all using backup-to-disk devices. These drives have been running for months with no problem, though! So I tried the obvious stuff first: verify the drives are showing up on the Devices console disable the drives, (right-click and uncheck "Enable"), https://masterofthehat.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/backup-execs-ready-no-idle-devices-are-available-job-status/ and then re-enable them reboot the server reboot the tape library try to run a clean drive job or an inventory job verify there was lots of media in the Scratch Media pool call Symantec lots of bad names… Nothing seemed to work. After some Googling, I ran across a few posts that recommended uninstalling/reinstalling BE or uninstalling/reinstalling device drivers for the tape drives, but that seemed a little drastic. After a little more searching, I ran across a post from 2008 that seemed to make sense and wasn't too complicated. The poster recommended changing the device driver for the library to the "Unknown Medium Changer" driver and rebooting the library and server. I had seen a similar solution on a couple of other forums, but it was usually part of a larger "fix" and I didn't give it much attention. Since I had found nothing better and was getting desperate, I figured I'd give it a try! Open Device Manager on the server the library is connected to. On my Windows Server 2008 R2 machine,
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Backup Exec’s “Ready; No idle devices are available” job status Posted on December 31, 2012 by TheITGuy http://masterofthehat.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/backup-execs-ready-no-idle-devices-are-available-job-status/ This is article led me to find the resolution to my issue, but I was able to get everything up and running without actually changing the drivers, essentially only a complete shutdown of the server and the tape drive. 1. Power down the backup exec server 2. Power down the tape drive 3. Power up the tape drive, wait for a complete boot 4. Power up the backup exec server That worked for me to get the drive useable again. If this doesn't work for you, see the link for information regarding use of a different driver for your media changer. This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Backup Exec, Backup Exec 2012, Backup Exec's, BE, Tape Drive, Tapes. Bookmark the permalink. ← AD - Group Policy - Defualt IE Page setting Not working Verify that the DPM service is running on this computer - DPM 2012 SP1 → Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website Useful Links Search for: Recent Posts Avocent AutoView KVM - “Network connect error” - Java How to report on a Microsoft KB in SCCM 2012 that does not show up in normal reports SCCM 2012 - Uninstall Java Remotely Acer Aspire S7 MacBook Air 2013 Boot Camp Windows 7 x64 Install - device driver is missing Recent CommentsLeo on Avocent AutoView KVM - “Network connect error” - JavaAbel on Avocent AutoView KVM - “Network connect error” - JavaNicolas on Avocent AutoView KVM - “Network connect error” - JavaR Artes on Verify that the DPM service is running on this computer - DPM 2012 SP1David on Dell Latitude e6410 Bluetooth card installArchives March 2016 December 2015 January 2015 September 2014 April 2014 January 2014 July 2013 June 2013 December 2012 November 2012 November 2010 October 2010 August 2010 Categories Acer AdSense AdWords Analytics Apple Aspire S7 Autoview KVM Avocent Blackberry Bluetooth Boot Camp Cisco Dell DirectAccess DPM SP1 e6410 Endpoint Protection Exchange Google Hardware Java Microsoft Network Threat Protection Powershell Scripting Switches Symantec System Center 2012 Third Party Updates Uncategorized Various Web Development Wordpress Meta Log in Entries RSS Comments RSS WordPress.org I need… TheITGuysHelp.com Proudly powered by WordPress.