Hi All,
I have a large BackupExec 2012 environment (yes, pity me) and am having some issues with the tape library in the solution.
I have 1 x CASO and 2 x Media Servers in the solution, the disk storage is ExaGrid and the Tape Unit is a IBM TS3310 with 6 x LTO 6 drive.
My jobs are setup for D2D + Duplicate Jobs to tape....
The D2D are OK, however the Duplicate Jobs to Tape are sitting with "No Idle devices ready",
I am almost at the stage of wiping all of the duplicate jobs removing the tape library and starting again......But before that I hit to forums for answers.
Work Done / Issues seen.
1. Library has been going offline, BackupExec reporting errors with library
2. Upgrade library / drive firmware to latest versions
3. Library now does not go offline, however all jobs can talk to library (No Idle devices available)
4. Library and drives are seen correctly in Backup Exec interface.
Today I was looking through the Library (Shared) properties and noticed that it mentions the following.
1. Number of Slots = 100 (Library is Partitions with another backup solution)
2. Number of Drives = 0
I can see the LTO drives under the Tape library resource however the library properties list 0 drives?
Is this normal? taken that it is the library mechanism is just that.......
I have tried all the normal things.
1. Restart library
2. Restart Media Servers and CASO server
3. Pause / Unpause library / drives
Thanks Bernard.