[Veritas-bu] Expiring catalog tapes?

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Greetings all,

We have some old backup tapes that were once used for the catalog backup =
and would like to reuse them.  There are no other active images on the =
tapes, but when I try to use them, NBU says "FREEZING media id XXXXXX, =
it contains NetBackup database data and cannot be used for backups".

I've tried using the command:  bpexpdate -ev XXXXXX -d 0, but it still =
says the same message.  Any other commands out there that could expire =
the catalog tapes so that they could be used for other backups?  Thanks =
in advance!

Thanks,

Thomas Gravizi
Systems Administrator
STERIS Corporation - Mentor, OH
thomas_gravizi AT steris DOT com
440.392.7630 - Tel
440.350.7078 - Fax



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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">We have some old backup tapes that were =
once used for the catalog backup and would like to reuse them.&nbsp; =
There are no other active images on the tapes, but when I try to use =
them, NBU says &quot;FREEZING media id XXXXXX, it contains NetBackup =
database data and cannot be used for backups&quot;.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I've tried using the command:&nbsp; =
bpexpdate -ev XXXXXX -d 0, but it still says the same message.&nbsp; Any =
other commands out there that could expire the catalog tapes so that =
they could be used for other backups?&nbsp; Thanks in =
advance!</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Thanks,</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Thomas Gravizi</FONT></B>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Systems Administrator</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">STERIS Corporation - Mentor, OH</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">thomas_gravizi AT steris DOT com</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">440.392.7630 - Tel</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">440.350.7078 - Fax</FONT>
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