Have you tried using vmquery -deassignbyid   ?

Check the help section to get the full syntax 

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of
Christopher White
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:26 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] FW: Using a Catalog tape


> Is there a way for me to use an old catalog tape for normal backup?
There are no images on the tape and when you query the Media DataBase
you get the following:
> 'requested media id was not found in NB media database'.   When I
query the Volume database the status of the tape 0x1.  When I attempt to
expire the tape with the bpexpdate command I get the following: '
requested media id was not found in NB media database and/or MM volume
database'.  I have used the bplabel command, but the tapes are still
listed as catalog tape.  Is there something I doing wrong or am I
missing a step?
>  
> Christopher

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