I have had to do this a bunch when I changed servers.

Bpexpdate -m <mediaid> -d 0 -host <masterserver> -justimage

Vmquery -deassignbyid <mediaid> <pool#> 0



-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of A Darren
Dunham
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 11:08 AM
To: Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Reusing Catalog Media

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:38:21AM -0600, Randy Samora wrote:

> Could someone PLEASE tell me in simple terms the steps involved in
> reusing Catalog Backups from the Catalog Backup volume pool.  I can't
> do anything as long as there's an assigned date on the media and I
> can't seem to be able to get rid of the assigned date.  I can't
> re-label and I can't erase the tapes.  This process was handled by a
> different team for the past 2 1/2 years.  The commands I remember in
> 4.5 no longer apply apparently.  Like everyone else, we're trying to
> do more with less people and I've wasted all morning trying to figure
> this out.  While I'm running the Admin Guide through the shredder, can
> someone help me out PLEASE!! 6.5.2a on Windows Server 2003.

If this is a normal "hot catalog backup", then you should be able to
expire the tape like you would for a normal backup.

bpexpdate -d 0 -m <volume>

In 4.5, you only did cold catalog backups.  Those volumes weren't
tracked by the netbackup side and had to be relabeled manually. 

-- 
Darren
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