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zachredmon's avatar
zachredmon
Level 3
14 years ago

Insufficient online or nearline media is available to start job.

I have a client who is running Backup Exec 12.5 on a Dell Server. They are backing up to a tape drive which is recognized by Backup Exec. They have recently moved and Backup Exec has not had a successful backup since they were at the old location. They are using the same tapes, none of which work. I tried running a test backup and received this message. "Online media check   : Insufficient online or nearline media is available to start job.Overwrite media check: There is no media online or nearline that can be overwritten or the job has been marked append/terminate."

 

The Media Capacity check completes successfully. What steps can I take to get these backups going again?

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  • AmolB's avatar
    AmolB
    Moderator
    14 years ago

    1) Run an inventory and check if BE detects the tape.

    2) Make sure you are not running a test job.

    3) In the job properties select " append if no appendable media then overwrite" option

    4) Initially move media to the scratch media set do not assign media to anyother media set.

  • Ken_Putnam's avatar
    Ken_Putnam
    Level 6
    14 years ago

    Does an inventory complete successfully?

    if so, take a tape that is alread in the scratch set, or move a tape that can be resused into the scratch set, and insert it into the drive.  Inventory, then run a small test job defined as overwrite only and see what happens