Incidentally, bpexpdate is located in 

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd



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David A. Chapa
Consulting Manager
DataStaff, Inc.
847 413 1144

On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Eric Punsalan wrote:

> 
> 
> 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."
> > 
> 
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