I think you need to use the del volhistory command to release
the tapes.

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== Original Message ==
== Original Message ==

> I have ADSM V2R1 installed, and I just set up an Administrative Command
> Schedule that does a "backup db type=full".  The backup has now used all
> the scratch tapes, as intended, but I fail to see any way to expire the
> tapes so that I can use them over.  A logical way would have been to have
> an expiration period on the backup command, but there is none.  How does
> one go about keeping track of which scratch tape is used for what?  And
> then, how do I tell ADSM that a particular backup tape is no longer needed,
> so that it may be used again?