Sorry for taking up everyones time.  I overlooked this question brought up
on the list a couple days ago.

SOLUTION:

vmquery -m <media_id>
vmquery -deassignbyid <media_id> <pool_number> <status>

Then you can return the tape to the scratchpool

Thanks list....

Daniel Chrastil wrote:

> guru's
> Have a problem with assigned tapes which used to belong to a certain
> media manager which no longer exists.  I can not expire the date,
> freeze, delete, etc., because I get the same message on anything I
> attempt to remove these tapes.  (requested media id was not found in NB
> media database and/or MM volume database.  I can do a strings on
> /usr/openv/volmgr/database/volDB and find them.  Is it possible to
> modify this file to remove them or how would one remove these tapes so
> they can be added back to the scratchpool?
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as this is consuming a
> great many tapes.  I do not need any information on any of these tapes
> any longer.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan Chrastil
> Senior Systems Programmer
> IS-DBA Tech Support
> BlueCross BlueShield of Georgia