I can't speak to the bpexpdate problem, but to get images off of tapes
which are not assigned anymore (ie expired), use bpimport. I would go
into how to use it, but look at the bpimport man page. Its pretty
straight forward.
Regards,
RCA
Tim Allen wrote:
>
> I would like to extend the expiration dates for several images and tapes,
> but when I try it, I recieve "unable to process request".
>
> Is there something, I'm missing?
>
> bash-2.04# ./bpexpdate -ev DNV508 -d infinity
> Are you SURE you want to change DNV508
> to NEVER expire y/n (n)? y
> unable to process request
> bash-2.04# ./bpexpdate -ev DNV550 -d infinity
> Are you SURE you want to change DNV550
> to NEVER expire y/n (n)? y
> unable to process request
> bash-2.04# ./bpexpdate -ev DNV550 -d infinity -force
> unable to process request
>
> Also, I have several tapes that are now "available", but I would like to get
> the images off them if possible. One of the problems is that "the requested
> media id was not found in NB media database and/or MM volume database". I
> believe this means the images on these tapes are lost to netbackup for good.
> Am I wrong?
>
> Help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tim Allen
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