Hello Martin,

Well, there is a possibility to change the retention policy of any 
tape without using X-windows or java.

To change the policy try:

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpexpdate


This should do the trick.


regards

Christian



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>Hi,
>
>I've got a question about DLT-Tapes in status "Frozen".
>The retention policy is set to 6 months, but bpmedialist displays my
>tapes with status "FROZEN". The expiration date is displayed correctly.
>
>Is there any other point (exept in the schedule-definition) to set a
>retention policy?
>
>regards
>martin


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