Do 

1) bplabel -ev  ID0006 -d dlt -o -p <volume pool>

2)vmquery -deassignbyid ID0006 3 0
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 10:44:54  
 David Bosen wrote:
>I have several NBDB tapes that I need to delete and I cannot do it.
>
>Here is what I get when I run various commands:
>
># vmquery -deassignbyid ID0006 3 0
>Could not deassign media ID ID0006: volume is already assigned (93)
>
># bpmedialist -mlist -ev ID0006
>requested media id was not found in NB media database and/or MM volume database
>requested media id was not found in NB media database and/or MM volume database
>requested media id was not found in NB media database and/or MM volume database
>
># vmquery -m ID0006
>
>================================================================================
>media ID:              ID0006
>media type:            DLT cartridge tape (11)
>barcode:               ID0006
>description:           onsit|244|S38|20020310
>volume pool:           NBDB_Duplicate (3)
>robot type:            TLD - Tape Library DLT (8)
>robot number:          0
>robot slot:            88
>robot host:            agasc47u
>volume group:          00_000_TLD
>created:               Wed Jul 25 15:48:28 2001
>assigned:              Fri Feb 22 08:58:31 2002
>last mounted:          Fri Feb 22 09:08:07 2002
>first mount:           Wed Aug 01 11:03:17 2001
>expiration date:       Thu Mar 20 13:36:24 2003
>number of mounts:      10
>max mounts allowed:    ---
>status:                0x1
>================================================================================
>
>I get the same results for tapes ID0007, ID0008 and ID0010. They are all 
>supposed to be up for
>reuse this week, but they will not expire/release for reuse.
>
>What can I do to get rid of them?
>
>Thanks
>
>Dave Bosen
>


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