Ready; no idle devices are available

[Sarah_Beatty]

Help! A catalog I was running appeared to have hung, so I stopped/started services and managed to eject the tape.
However, Backup Exec still thinks the tape is in there. If I put the same tape back in and try to inventory, catalog or just eject again, the job comes up with Ready: no idle devices are available. This happens with any tape I put in.
The server's running Windows 2003. I have yet to restart the server.

[priya_khire]

Hello,

Have you installed the Central Admin server option on this server?

Refer to the following technote that will help resolve the problem:

Title: Jobs appear as ''Ready; no idle devices are available'' in the Job Monitor even though drives are available.
http://support.veritas.com/docs/277592

Revert with details if the issue persists.

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Regards.

[Hector_Bordens]

I'm having the same problem. I have searched the knowledge base for any help but have not found anything.. I'm also not running Central Admin Server. I'm running 10d.. Any help would be greatly appreciated..

[tejashree_Bhate]

Hello,

Was the technote sent earlier useful? Please update.


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