On Fri, 29 Jun 2007, Darren Dunham wrote:

>> 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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There is a way to do it, search the archives, you need to 'add' the 
missing pieces before you can bpexpdate it.

Justin.
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