Backup fails with error "Not enough licenses..."

[latitude12]

I have a server, Windows 2003, attached to a Sony AIT tape unit. The backup failed over the weekend because someone had flicked the switch on the tape to be write protected. Today I checked the backup status to find that the nights following the backup failure also failed showing the error "Not enough licenses "Single Drive for Windows/Netware/Linux". Session is waiting for some of the devices to get free""

I've noticed that the errors in HPDP sometimes are a bit cryptic and don't necessarily mean what they say.

The licenses are definitely there, and backups work most of the time. Are these failures a result of the initial failure? Or is there another issue I need to look at?

Thanks

 

[pete91z]

Check the monitor screen to make sure an old job isn't stuck and holding the license. If you're still getting the message, it may be worth restarting the DP services.