There is a question down at the bottom of this (how do I actually remove a 
media ID that I know is unuseable and doesn't hold an unexpired images from the 
media DB?), but a bit on what I've done so far:

I have a very old piece of 9940 media:

[97] vmquery -m 000680
================================================================================
media ID:              000680
media type:            1/2" cartridge tape 2 (14)
barcode:               000680
media description:     Added by Media Manager
volume pool:           00_NetBackup (11)
robot type:            NONE - Not Robotic (0)
volume group:          ---
vault name:            ---
vault sent date:       ---
vault return date:     ---
vault slot:            ---
vault session id:      ---
vault container id:    -
created:               Tue Feb 22 15:47:00 2005
assigned:              Sat Apr 18 13:00:02 2009
last mounted:          Sun Apr 26 21:15:10 2009
first mount:           Fri May 20 17:27:16 2005
expiration date:       ---
number of mounts:      626
max mounts allowed:    ---
status:                0x0
================================================================================


It was frozen due to write errors (and periodically throws read errors as well) 
and, given its age and mount count, I concluded that it was time to pull it out 
of service after my SLPs had managed to get everything they could off of it and 
the images on it had expired, which they now have:

[98] bpmedialist -m 000680
Server Host = phlmaster

 id     rl  images   allocated        last updated      density  kbytes restores
           vimages   expiration       last read         <------- STATUS ------->
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
000680   1     40   04/18/2009 13:00  04/20/2009 20:04  hcart2    38214373     0
              MPX   05/04/2009 20:04  04/19/2009 10:59  EXPIRED FROZEN


It is, however, apparently locked in the media DB (because there's an 
unreadable image and SLPs are still trying to duplicate those images, I 
thought):


[96] bpmedia -unfreeze -m 000680
requested media id is in use, cannot process request
root@pa2ibks2:/usr/openv/netbackup/vault/sessions/P472B
[99] bpexpdate -m 000680 -d 0
Are you SURE you want to delete 000680 y/n (n)? y
requested media id is in use, cannot process request


Here are the lifecycles that are trying to read that tape (ignore what the man 
page says about nbstlutil list's output being "just for support", it's plenty 
readable):

[124] nbstlutil list -U -mediaid 000680
Image:
 Master Server            : phlmaster
 Backup ID                : pa02qrin02_1240271378
 Client                   : pa02qrin02
 Backup Time              : 1240271378 (Mon Apr 20 19:49:38 2009)
 Policy                   : VM_Instances
 Client Type              : 13
 Schedule Type            : 4
 Storage Lifecycle Policy : Cumulatives
 Storage Lifecycle State  : 2 (IN_PROCESS)
 Time In Process          : 1240272689 (Mon Apr 20 20:11:29 2009)
 Data Classification ID   : (none specified)

 Copy:
   Master Server       : phlmaster
   Backup ID           : pa02qrin02_1240271378
   Copy Number         : 1
   Expire Time         : 2147483647 (Mon Jan 18 22:14:07 2038)
   Try To Keep Time    : 1241480978 (Mon May  4 19:49:38 2009)
   Residence           : PHL-9940b
   Duplication Status  : 3 (COMPLETE)
   Job ID              : 0
   Retention Type      : 0 (FIXED)
   MPX State           : 1


   Fragment:
     Master Server     : phlmaster
     Backup ID         : pa02qrin02_1240271378
     Copy Number       : 1
     Fragment Number   : 1
     Resume Count      : 0
     Media ID          : 000680
     Media Server      : phlmaster
     Storage Server    : (none specified)
     Media Type        : 2 (RMEDIA)
     Media Sub-Type    : 0 (DEFAULT)
     Fragment State    : 1 (ACTIVE)
     Fragment Size     : 0
     Delete Header     : 1
     Fragment ID       : 000680

[... - there are many fragments]


You can't cancel by media ID, only by lifecycle, destination, or backupid, the 
last of which we want here, after which the list output is empty:

[132] nbstlutil cancel -backupid pa02qrin02_1240271378
[133] nbstlutil list -U -mediaid 000680


But I STILL can't unfreeze or expire the media:

[134] bpmedia -unfreeze -m 000680
requested media id is in use, cannot process request
[137] bpexpdate -m 000680 -d 0
Are you SURE you want to delete 000680 y/n (n)? y
requested media id is in use, cannot process request


Any thoughts?


-- 
Gabriel Rosenkoetter
Radian Group Inc, Senior Systems Engineer
gabriel.rosenkoetter AT radian DOT biz, 215 231 1556



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