Don't have access to AS at the mo, but it keeps all that volume information in 
a Sybase DB which is fairly easy to figure out.  Naturally, take a backup 
before doing anything, as starting to delete live volumes can end up in a bit 
of a mess if you get it wrong.
 
You may simply be able to delete these from NetWorker and run an asnw_dbsync 
(or nwas_dbsync, I forget).
 
Cheers,
 
Stuart.

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From: EMC NetWorker discussion on behalf of T. S. Kimball
Sent: Tue 19-Sep-06 12:41
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Removing lots of tapes from AlphaStor & Networker



On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:00:35 +1000, Siobhán Ellis <siobhanellis AT HOTMAIL DOT 
COM>
wrote:

>>From NetWorker you can use nsrmm. There is a Volume Delete capability
>

Yes, part of my plan is to remove volumes from the Networker DB using nsrmm.

However AlphaStor keeps its own internal database (emulating a SmartMedia
jukebox), and the only 'approved' way to remove volumes from there is one at
a time, via its Java GUI.  Which is something that will take way too long
for the number of tapes I intend to get rid of (probably about 1200 or so).
 Hence my need for a way to automate that somehow.

--TSK

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