"bpexpdate -backupid" has always worked fine for me.  Sometimes it takes a
while to have the tapes become deassigned afterwards, though.  You can force
the deassignment with:

"bpexpdate -deassignempty -force"

-M

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon, John [mailto:JSimon AT reliant DOT com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 1:02 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Expiring Infinite Images.....


I have a bunch of infinite images that I no longer need. What is the best
was to expire them? I have heard there are problems using "bpexpdate
-backupid" and it not expiring the tapes even after all the images were
expired? Is using "bpexpdate -recalculate " changing the retention level and
letting the system expire them better? Or does someone have a better
solution?



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