Souds like the volume was listed in a volume database on another host from
the one you're running the commands.  You may have to try the -H option to
identify the host which holds the volume database.  You should look at the
images on that tape and find out what host wrote them.

Steve White

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT Eng.Auburn DOT EDU
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT Eng.Auburn DOT EDU]On Behalf Of RYAN C. ANDERSON
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 1:12 PM
To: Veritas NBU
Subject: [Veritas-bu] bpexpdate problems


I have a DLT media ID I'm trying to delete with bpexpdate because I'm
doing cleanup, and it expired 4/00.  I have tried these various commands
below to no avail.  Somewhere along the line it got a 2 year retention
from today which has really thrown me off (see the Volume Detail
Report).  I am convinced there's some corruption in my NBU database, but
am not sure what to do about it.  Is there a way to get rid of this
volume from the db once and for all?

Thanks,

RCA


athena# bpexpdate -ev 000987 -d 0 -force -host athena
requested media id was not found in NB media database and/or MM volume
database

athena#
athena#
athena# bpexpdate -deassignempty -ev 000987 -host athena
Search for empty media that meet the following criteria:
        Host: athena
        Media id: 000987

Continue? y/n (n)y
Could not update media list, file read failed
file read failed

athena# bpexpdate -ev 000987 -d 0
Are you SURE you want to delete 000987 y/n (n)? y
failed trying to exec a command




Here's its Volume Detail Report:

============================================================================
====
media ID:              000987
media type:            DLT cartridge tape (11)
barcode:               000987
description:           ------
volume pool:           Oracle (4)
robot type:            NONE - Not Robotic (0)
volume group:          on-site
created:               Fri Apr 09 18:09:44 1999
assigned:              Wed Apr 14 13:09:04 1999
last mounted:          Fri Oct 20 14:55:53 2000
first mount:           Tue Apr 13 12:12:00 1999
expiration date:       Tue Jan 08 14:15:00 2002
number of mounts:      33
max mounts allowed:    ---
status:                0x0
====================================================

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