> I have run "bpexpdate -m XXXXXX -d 0" and "VMQuery -deassignbyid XXXXXX
> 3 0 -force" on them successfully.
> 
> =20
> 
> I have also used "VMQUERY -deassignbyid XXXXXX 3 1 -force"
> 
> =20
> 
> However, when Netbackup goes to use them it freezes them saying they
> have the Netbackup catalog data on them"

You can't "expire" catalog tapes.

You can either reuse them for new catalog tapes, or you can explicitly
relabel them with the bprelabel command to clear the catalog info.


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Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
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