> usra1nb:/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies # more rtape
> /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpexpdate -m $1 -d 0 -justimage -force
> /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpexpdate -m $1 -d 0 -justmedia -force
> /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmquery -deassignbyid $1 6 0x0
> 
> $1 is the tape barcode label.  the "6" in the third command screen is
> the volume pool number.  You may need to adjust this for your own
> system .  So executing is ./rtape TYC111, or something like that.
> This worked without fail for version 5 in getting rid of tape
> information.  Making them reusable.  I just moved to version six and
> the emm database and need to figure out the correct way now to do it
> there.

'bpexpdate' should be the way to do it normally.  -dassignbyid is no
longer valid for NetBackup tapes in 6.  If you have a tape in the volume
DB without it being properly in the media DB, I no longer know how to
reconcile it.

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Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
Got some Dr Pepper?                           San Francisco, CA bay area
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