Are the 83 errors all occuring on the same drive? Sounds like it could 
be an issue with the drive...

> All,
> I have recieved the error again this morning with an explanation reading
> " The tape manager (bptm) or disk manager (bpdm) could not open the 
> device or file that the backup or restore must use."
>
> Any ideas ?
>
>
> Rgds,
> Ian
>
> Hall, Brian R. wrote:
>
>> The only time I received a "media open error" is when the tape drives 
>> required cleaning.
>>
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>> *From:* veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu 
>> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] *On Behalf Of *Whitt
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 04, 2005 8:35 AM
>> *To:* veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>> *Subject:* [Veritas-bu] Media Open Error 83
>>
>> All,
>>  
>> I am currently experiencing problems with my scheduled backups where 
>> I'm intermittently getting failures with "media open error 83" as the 
>> cause.
>>  
>> I am running Netbackup 4.5 on a Windows 2000 server with no feature 
>> packs installed.
>>  
>> I have checked and its not a problem with a specific tape as these 
>> are changed everyday.
>>  
>> Has anyone experienced this before and could help me diagnose the issue ?
>>  
>> Any help greatly appreciated
>>  
>> Rgds,
>> Ian Whittingham
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