Ryan:

The best method for renaming a media id is to

ensure it is expired

dd the tape

bplabel the tape

I have found dd to be the quickest way to 'trash' the 
NBU tape header.  It doesn't sound like the tape header 
was *really* relabeled.  There is no real danger, just 
an inconvenience really.  This may affect some scripts 
you have.  For instance if in one of your scripts you 
reference a tape by the -rv or the -ev, such as in 

tpreq -ev MEDIAID -d DLT -p NetBackup -f /tmp/MNTFILE

or

tpreq -rv MEDIAID -d DLT -p Netbackup  -f /tmp/MNTFILE

you may not get the results you are looking for.

Just something to keep in mind.

David

Quoting "RYAN C. ANDERSON" <ryan_anderson AT udlp DOT com>:

> I deleted an expired volume from Media Mgr, removed 
its label, then put
> on a new label and NetBackup has used the tapes a 
couple times for
> duplicates.  The problem is that when its being used, 
it shows its EVSN
> as the new label (B00010), buts its RVSN is the old 
label that is
> deleted out (000010).  I've read through previous 
threads on this issue,
> but the resolutions where to overwrite or delete data 
from the tape
> before its used.  This one is being used...  It 
appears to work fine as
> it is, but is there any way to change the RVSN after 
data is being
> written to it?  Are there any possible dangers as it 
is?
>
> Regards,
>
> RCA
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