Hallo Simon,

First you must expirate the volume

bpexpdate -d xxx -ev (mediaid)

where: -d <mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss | 0 | infinity>

And if you want to deassign the media, the command is:

vmquery -deassignbyid <media_id> <pool_number> <status>

Javier González
T4B Group AG
www.t4b.ch



"WEAVER, Simon" <Simon.WEAVER AT astrium-space DOT com> wrote:
> Hello
> I have a tape that was last used in March 2002.
> When I go into Media & Device Management, I perform the following step:
> 
> Select the Volume pool that has the tape I wish to move into the Scratch
> Pool
> Select the Tape I need to move
> RIGHT CLICK and choose Change
> In the Change Volumes Window I choose the "Volume Pool" radio button and
> select "New Pool"
> I then choose Scratch Pool.
> When I click OK I get the message "Change pool of 0019L1 faled: cannot
> change volume pool for assigned volume (91).
> 
> As I don't have the books, any ideas are welcome. And this is Windows NT 4
> SP6a!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Simon Weaver
> NT Domain Administrator
> Ext. 5544
> Tel: 02392-705544 (Direct Dial)
> Simon.Weaver AT Astrium-Space DOT com
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