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Jonathan_Camill's avatar
Jonathan_Camill
20 years ago

Insufficient online or nearline media is available to start job

The following error message is being displayed when testing a backup job:

Media CheckOnline 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.Media check status : Failed

OS: Win 2000 Server SP 4
Backup Exec v9.0 Rev. 4367

All software patches and updates available for version 9 have been installed successfully.

Any ideas?
10.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec

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  • Erik_Runeland's avatar
    Erik_Runeland
    Level 2
    20 years ago
    What kind of backup is it? I got this problem with a backup-to-disk job when I was running the test job. It turned out that the test job failed because there was no prior backup made to a new backup media set.

    It was solved by making a small backup job of only one file to that backup media set and then repeat the test run.

    Hope this helps.
    /Erik
  • Deepali_Badave's avatar
    Deepali_Badave
    Level 6
    20 years ago
    Hello,

    If the error message is received during "test run", then it is normal. The
    error is generated because the Backup-to-disk Folders have never been used
    earlier and there are no files in these directories, therefore there is no
    media for the media check to check.
    To ensure the functionality of "Backup-To-Disk-Folder" configure a small
    backup job, run it and observe the results.

    http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/255039.htm

    http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/255956.htm

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