use bpmedia -ev BHC418 -unfreeze

That should do it.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Jordan [mailto:charles.jordan AT convergys DOT com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 4:51 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Can't delete media


Hello all,
I have a tape which I can't seem to delete.
I get the following:

uhaul# bpmedialist -mlist -ev BHC418
Server Host = acklins

 id     rl  images   allocated        last updated      density  kbytes
restores
           vimages   expiration       last read         <------- STATUS
------->
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
BHC418   5      3   11/14/2000 14:40  11/14/2000 17:08     dlt   6145280
0
                0   02/15/2001 17:08        N/A           EXPIRED    FROZEN

uhaul# bpexpdate -ev BHC418 -d 0
Are you SURE you want to delete BHC418 y/n (n)? y
requested media id was not found in NB media database and/or MM volume
database
uhaul# 
uhaul# bpmedia -unfreeze -ev BHC418
requested media id was not found in NB media database and/or MM volume
database
uhaul# vmquery -m BHC418
Could not query by media ID BHC418: volume does not exist in database (35)

uhaul# vmquery -deassignbyid BHC418 1 0
Could not deassign media ID BHC418: volume does not exist in database (35)
uhaul# vmdelete -m BHC418
volume does not exist in database (35)

How do I get rid of this tape?
Charles (Allen) Jordan   <charles.jordan AT convergys DOT com>
  System Administrator    (407)771-8919
  Convergys
  285 International Parkway, 
  Lake Mary, FL 32746-5007

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