You may need to use the -host / -h option if it was written on a media 
server other than the one you are running the command from.

On Thu, 22 Nov 2007, Dave Markham wrote:

> To add to the comments already if you want to freeze a lot of tapes in
> one go id do a simple loop so you can forget it.
>
> Once you have removed your scratch as previously explained try this to
> freeze all other media :-
>
> for tape in `bpmedialist -l | awk '{print $1}'`
> do
>    echo "Going to freeze media [$tape]"
>    bpmedia -freeze -m $tape
>    if [ $? = 0 ];then
>       echo "Media frozen successfully"
>    else
>       echo "Problem freezeing media [$tape]"
>    fi
> done
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Dave
>
> Weathers, Matt wrote:
>> We are trying to phase our our LTO 2 tapes as we go to LTO 3. My
>> thought is that I will freeze or suspend the tapes and when they
>> expire we can remove them from service. Does this seem logical? Also,
>> is there a way to freeze a range of tapes? I do not have a good
>> understanding of freezing/suspending media. From what I read it
>> appears that once a frozen tape expires it comes back into service and
>> a suspended tape never expires. I am interested in knowing thoughts on
>> the best way to remove the media from service.
>>
>> Matt Weathers
>> /**/Senior Systems Programmer
>> Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan
>> mweathe AT fbinsmi DOT com <mailto:mweathe AT fbinsmi DOT com>
>> Office: (517) 391-5021
>> Fax:     (517) 323-6793
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