On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Jimenez, Daniel wrote:

> Hey guys
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> I have a tape that no longer has valid images but shows up as a daily
> tape with an assigned date in Netbackup. I attempted to bpexpdate the
> tape but it comes back with "requested media id was not found in NB
> media database and/or MM volume database". I attempted to change the
> volume pool but it comes back with "change pool of xxxxxx failed: cannot
> change volume pool for assigned volumes (91)". There is a command that I
> found online "bpexpdate -ev <medai id> -d 0 -force -host <media server>"
> and would like to know if this command would work on Netbackup 5.1 MP?
> Any assistance would be appreciated, thanks.
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> Daniel Jimenez
> Data Protection Team
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Try  bpexpdate -deassignempty - note though this should only be used as a 
last resort as it can make the images/catalog out of sync for the images 
on that tape ID.

Justin.
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