I do run the command on the media server and I only have one media server (my 
master and media server are the same server), I did try that option anyway to 
see if it would make a difference but no luck.  I get the same message when I 
run bpmedialist -m <media_id> -h <media_server>

requested media id was not found in NB media database and/or MM volume database

When I run available_media I can see the tape is seen as physically being in 
the the tape library.  Thanks for responding.  Running Netbackup Datacenter 4.5 
MP4 on Solaris 8.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donaldson, Mark" <Mark.Donaldson AT experianems DOT com>
Date: Friday, November 14, 2003 7:09 pm
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Cannot deassign or expire tapes

> If you have more than one media server, then the command must be 
> run on the
> media server that wrote the tape or by using the "-h <mediasvr>" 
> option.
> The media server for the tape can be gotten from the "bpmedialist -
> media"command.
> 
> -M
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amie Markham-Tilburt [mailto:amarkham AT cdsinc DOT com]
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 5:23 PM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Cannot deassign or expire tapes
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a handful of tapes assigned to a vault policy that I have 
> physicallyin the tape library.  I want to deassign them from the 
> vault policy so I can
> use them in regular Netbackup policies.  I tried to run the following:
> 
> bpexpdate -d 0 -m <media_id>
> 
> But it came back with the message "requested media id was not 
> found in NB
> media database and/or MM volume database".  So I searched and then 
> found the
> vmquery -deassignbyid command:
> 
> vmquery -deassignbyid <media_id> <pool_number> <status>
> 
> I understand the syntax but when I do a vmquery -m <media_id>, 
> there is no
> status listed for the handful of tapes.  Other tapes show up with 
> a status.
> The tapes are not frozen.  I can't deassign the tapes.  It comes 
> back with
> the same message:
> "requested media id was not found in NB media database and/or MM 
> volumedatabase".
> 
> 
> Help.  Any advice is appreciated.
> Amie
> 
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