Here's a brief summary of the situation.
 
We are getting '99' errors, ie NDMP problem, while backing up '/' from
the NetApp filer. It goies for about 20-30mins before erroring out
 
I checked filesystems, all OK
I reduced his amount used by snapshots
I backed up /etc, it worked OK
I set CLIENT_READ_TIMEOUT = 9600 in the /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf
I created a /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bptm, bpbrm & bpsched
directories, but the logfiles only seemed to mention the standard 'a
file or directory in the path does not exist' error
I am seeing an error getting generated in the /etc/messages file on
the filer that appears to coincide with the time that the backup
fails;
 
[adpch_intrd:error] Tape (10a.2
hard media error: Sense key (S) ASC (15) ASCQ (2)
 
I tried switching the NDMP drive with the regular drive and the
problem persists.


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