Those active tapes must also be at the same retention level as the
backup you're trying to do.  Also, I don't believe NBU will mix
multiplexed and non-mpx data on the same tape.

You can't overwrite the full ones, they have data on them which has
not expired.

Chester Manuel writes:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
>   My backups are failing with an exit status of 96.  The messages say unable
> to allocate new media for backup, storage unit has none available.  I
> checked the troubleshooting manual and said to use the available_media
> script; /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/available_media.  The status column
> says I have 12 active tapes in the volume pool that gives me the error.  I
> have 39 full media.  Do I need to get additional tapes or can I just rewrite
> over them?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chester
> 
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