> This 
is 
done 
by 
running 
"nsrmm 
-yd 
volid" 
and 
it 
then 
shows 
no 
> media 
entry 
in 
the 
database.  
 
Then 
we 
recycle 
the 
volume 
as 
above
> with 
nsrjb 
but 
leave 
off 
the 
"-R" 
and 
not 
mark 
the 
volume 
as 
Recyclable.
> Instead 
the 
volume 
is 
marked 
"undef" 
and 
has 
no 
media 
entry 
until 
> it 
is 
next 
written 
to, 
but 
it 
is 
part 
of 
a 
Pool 
and 
therefore 
usable.

I've been using exactly the same strategy for all these years now.

> I 
think 
there 
may 
be 
a 
bug 
in 
nsrmm 
or 
mminfo 
or 
something 
that 
> causes 
the 
problem 
when 
a 
vol 
is 
recycled 
many 
times 
and 
> relabeled 
and 
then 
marked 
recycled.  
Maybe 
the 
media 
index 
isn't 
> completely 
purged 
and 
so 
there 
are 
stale 
volids 
somewhere 
in 
the 
system
> but 
nsrmm 
-yd 
strips 
all 
the 
info 
and 
the 
volume 
is 
then 
totally 
> "free" 
and 
unfettered 
without 
any 
legacy 
information.....

I strongly agree.

regards
VL






      
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