Note: this can take a while if you have a large database.
 I have 15,900 tapes, and it takes about 20 minutes per tape to do this.


 ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Donaldson, Mark" <Mark.Donaldson AT experianems DOT com>
> To: "'Jatin Patel'" <jvp10 AT yahoo DOT com>; <veritas-bu AT 
> mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 2:35 PM
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Recycle volume before expiry
>
>
> > You can expire the images on the tape early with bpexpdate:
> >
> > bpexpdate -m <mediaid> -d 0 -force
> >
> > The tape will then be reusable.
> >
> > -M
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jatin Patel [mailto:jvp10 AT yahoo DOT com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 2:23 PM
> > To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > Subject: [Veritas-bu] Recycle volume before expiry
> >
> >
> > I am looking to recycle a volume before expiry.
> > How do I do it?
> > TIA,
> > Jatin
> >
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