When do you want the tape to expire (date)?

I would just use bpexpdate as follows

bpexpdate -ev MEDIA -d xx/xx/xxxx

all of the images will expire on that particular date.  

David 



Quoting "Conner, Neil" <neil AT mbari DOT org>:

> Thanks to those who responded.  Let me clarify 
further that I want to keep
> the data currently on the volume, just not for 
infinity.  Bpexpdate
> (-recalculate -ret) will only change the retention 
level of a volume if the
> new level is greater than currently set.  I have 
enough of these tapes that
> I'd prefer to not have to delete them from the 
catalog and merge them back
> again...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conner, Neil
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 3:34 PM
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> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Retention level of volumes
>
>
> Is it possible to change the retention level for a 
volume once it's been
> set
> to 9 (short of relabling the tape)?
>
> -Neil
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