Well, it can be de-assigned and reassigned.
but you may get problems with error code 94's

How to do it? Check out the how to fix error code 94's

Media Manager error 94: "Volume not in specified pool" - scenarios and 
solutions 
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/247898.htm 


personally, I would just do a bpduplicate and make the duplicate the primary 
copy and then expire copy 1.




>>> "WEAVER, Simon" <simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net> 3/6/2006 8:59:54 AM 
>>> >>>

Dave
That is EXACTLY what I told them!! (people who know better!!)

Sure this was the case, but my understanding is this:

1) When a Media ID (or volume if you want to call it that) is assigned to a
Volume Pool, its stuck there
2) The Volume will STAY here until its expired or manually expired or
deassigned
3) There are valid images on the media - trying to deassign could lose them
(or cause issues)
4) Should plan better when using Volume Poole

Any comments welcome

Simon Weaver 
Technical Support 
Windows Domain Administrator 

EADS Astrium 
Tel: 02392-708598 

Email: Simon.Weaver AT Astrium.eads DOT net 



-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Markham [mailto:dave.markham AT fjserv DOT net] 
Sent: 06 March 2006 13:56
To: WEAVER, Simon
Cc: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] should you move live media to a new pool -
thoughtit woudl fail


I don't think you can change volume pools of a tape if it has images on it.
It normally needs to be expired first, which of course will mean it can be
re-used.

Dave

WEAVER, Simon wrote:
> Hi
> Could I get clarification? If I ran a Month end backup with a 1 year 
> retention, but it accidently directed into a wrong volume pool, am I 
> right in saying it cannot be moved?
>  
> I thought if you deassigned a media ID from a volume, Netbackup would 
> forget about it and treat it as a new tape?? Clarification please if 
> you could :-) Thanks
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