I can't speak to the bpexpdate problem, but to get images off of tapes
which are not assigned anymore (ie expired), use bpimport. I would go
into how to use it, but look at the bpimport man page. Its pretty
straight forward.

Regards,

RCA


Tim Allen wrote:
> 
> I would like to extend the expiration dates for several images and tapes,
> but when I try it, I recieve "unable to process request".
> 
> Is there something, I'm missing?
> 
> bash-2.04# ./bpexpdate -ev DNV508 -d infinity
> Are you SURE you want to change DNV508
> to NEVER expire y/n (n)? y
> unable to process request
> bash-2.04# ./bpexpdate -ev DNV550 -d infinity
> Are you SURE you want to change DNV550
> to NEVER expire y/n (n)? y
> unable to process request
> bash-2.04# ./bpexpdate -ev DNV550 -d infinity -force
> unable to process request
> 
> Also, I have several tapes that are now "available", but I would like to get
> the images off them if possible.  One of the problems is that "the requested
> media id was not found in NB media database and/or MM volume database".  I
> believe this means the images on these tapes are lost to netbackup for good.
>   Am I wrong?
> 
> Help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Tim Allen
> _________________________________________________________________

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