device-not-ready-error.md

title	description	author	ms.author	ms.date	ms.service	ms.subservice	ms.topic	helpviewer_keywords
Device Not Ready Error	Device Not Ready Error	VanMSFT	vanto	12/15/2023	sql	security	reference	Best Practices [Database Engine]

Device not ready error

[!INCLUDE SQL Server]

This rule checks the system event log for EventId 15. This error can be caused by SCSI host adapter configuration issues or related problems.

Best practices recommendations

Review the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles for more information about how to troubleshoot this error:

• Microsoft Knowledge Base article 259237

• Microsoft Knowledge Base article 154690