Run bpexpdate -d 0 -ev <media id number> to expire the tapes.
You should then be able to delete them from the database and re-inventory
the L700, placing the tapes back in the scratch pool.

On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Edward Carr wrote:

> Oh Masterfull Ones ...
> 
> I ran a backup last night only to find today the the slice where my
> netbackup db resides was at 100% ...  Thus when trying to do a restore today
> it cannot find any of the files that I backed up last night.  Now I have
> resolved the space issue, but I would like to blow away the data on the four
> tapes.  How do I force the expiration of tapes?  I tried in Media Management
> to expire the tapes, but that does not seem to work.  Any hints on how to
> return the four tapes to the scratch pool?
> 
> System Info:
>       Solaris 2.6 on an UE4500 connected via SAN to a StorageTek L700 with 6 
> 9840
> Fiber drives.  Running NBU 3.2GA ...
> 
> 
> Thanks in Advance
> 
> Ted Carr
> 
> "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
> for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup."
>