On Wed, 19 Dec 2007, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> > > On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Jimenez, Daniel wrote: > >> Hey guys >> >> >> >> I have a tape that no longer has valid images but shows up as a daily >> tape with an assigned date in Netbackup. I attempted to bpexpdate the >> tape but it comes back with "requested media id was not found in NB >> media database and/or MM volume database". I attempted to change the >> volume pool but it comes back with "change pool of xxxxxx failed: cannot >> change volume pool for assigned volumes (91)". There is a command that I >> found online "bpexpdate -ev <medai id> -d 0 -force -host <media server>" >> and would like to know if this command would work on Netbackup 5.1 MP? >> Any assistance would be appreciated, thanks. >> >> Daniel Jimenez >> Data Protection Team >> >> >> >> >> >> > > Try bpexpdate -deassignempty - note though this should only be used as a > last resort as it can make the images/catalog out of sync for the images on > that tape ID. > > Justin. > Correct, vmquery -deassignbyid is what you want :) Check the manual for the syntax. Justin. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu