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[Veritas-bu] expiring tapes

2004-05-04 10:41:24
Subject: [Veritas-bu] expiring tapes
From: ewilts AT ewilts DOT org (Ed Wilts)
Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 09:41:24 -0500
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 02:31:47PM +0100, Laura.Duffy AT iibbank DOT ie wrote:
> We run NetBackup 3.4 and I want to expire 2 tapes.
>  
> They are assigned according to the time assigned column in media & device
> management but they have  0 mounts.
>  
> How can I delete these tapes so I can use them again?
>  
> # bpexpdate -ev C0267D -d 0
> Are you SURE you want to delete C0267D y/n (n)? y
> requested media id was not found in NB media database and/or MM volume
> database

If the tape is not owned by the media server you're running this command
on, that's the error you get.  You may need to add the media server
parameter.

-- 
Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org

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