That's where I am now confused! I thought BPEXPDATE done ALL of this for
you?

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Simon Weaver
3rd Line Technical Support
Windows Domain Administrator 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Keith W [mailto:keith at cydonia.net] 
Sent: 24 August 2006 17:17
To: WEAVER, Simon
Cc: 'Hindle, Greg'; 'veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu'
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Permanently removing a tape from netbackup


Here is what I do, always seems to work for me.

Expire the image, where A00003 is the volume name.
./bpexpdate -ev A00003 -d 0

I then go into the GUI and delete the images, I do this because I am not
sure how to do that part command line.

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+       Keith           +
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On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, WEAVER, Simon wrote:

> 
> Greg
> Well I would bpexpdate the entire tape
> eject the tape
> remove from Robot
>  
> Unless there is another method anyone can share?
>  
> 
> Regards
> 
> Simon Weaver
> 3rd Line Technical Support
> Windows Domain Administrator
> 
> EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)
> Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU
> 
> Email:  <mailto:Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net> 
> Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hindle, Greg [mailto:Greg.Hindle at constellation.com]
> Sent: 22 August 2006 14:02
> To: NB List Mail
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Permanently removing a tape from netbackup
> 
> 
> 
> Nb 5.0 mp6 Solaris 9
> 
> What is the recommended way, "best practice" to permanently remove 
> tapes from netbackup? We have some tapes they will be removed from one 
> master and shipped to another location to a different master. But I 
> want to make sure that no traces of the tapes remain in the old 
> master. What is the best way to do this without causing any issues?
> 
> 
> Greg
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