>   BD4540L1 BD4540L1 NT      109GB full           09/15/06   HP_ULTRIUM

>   What I want to know is how can I set the tapes to be automatically
> recycled when they expire. I have tried changing the mode to auto but
> after sometime, the tapes expire and do not get recycled and I get the
> "waiting for a writable volume for pool nt" message. Can anyone please
> advise. Thanks a lot.

Well, they should expire automatically.  Lets take a look at one of your
volumes a little more closely.

Run this command:
mminfo -av -q 'volume=BD4540L1' -r 'volume,written,volflags,volretent,state'

If the 'volretent' column has a date in the past (like 9/15/06), run
this command:

mminfo -av -q 'volume=BD4540L1,!ssrecycle' -r 
'client,savetime,ssretent,ssflags,name'

If that second command doesn't return anything (no matches for query),
try running 'nsrim -X' and then run the commands again.  Report output.

-- 
Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
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