Try 'bpmedia -unfreeze -m <mediaid> -h <media_server>'.  That works for me when 
I get "requested media id was not found...".

-Matt Randrup

Turner, Eric wrote:

> Not really sure how I managed to get a couple of tape completely out of 
> whack, but any advice would be helpful
> 
> I have a couple of tapes that are frozen that I would like to get back 
> into circulation.
> 
> These tapes have no images on them, when running bpimmedia "no entity 
> was found" is returned
> When running bpmedialist : is shows an allocated date, 0 images, 0 
> vimages, no expiration, and status is frozen.
> Then when attempting to unfreeze:  bpmedia -unfreeze - <mediaid> it 
> returns "requested media id was not found in NB media database and/or MM 
> volume database"
> 
> when running a vmquery on the media,   it does show an assigned date.
> 
> How in the world can I get the media out of the frozen state ???
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Eric Turner
> 

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