Still, all you should have to do is "bpexpdate" the tape number and the tape should be reusable.
deassignbyid is a bit of a big hammer to use casually. I'd do: bpexpdate -d 0 -m <tapenum> -force ..then a... bpexpdate -deassignempty -m <tapenum> -force ..this'll make the tape available sooner.. It's cleaner and you're not stomping about in the database with big boots. By the way, bpexpdate has a "-force" option that expires the tape without asking confirmation - no need to echo "y" into it. Loaded every tape, then requested a new one? I've seen this on write-protected tapes and on physical drive errors. If it loads the tape, finds it unusable for some reason, it'll dump it and request a new one. Did some enthusiastic tape monkey write-protect all your tapes? -M -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Cleverley Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 9:08 AM To: Paul Keating Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Status 96 media allocation issues Paul, As mentioned, I only inherited the environment :-) I was told that the reason this was being done was they wanted to have the tapes and sessions protected until they decided to explicitly unprotect them. I think it stemmed more from paranoia and lack of understanding from the business. It is a bit of a make work thing. Jeff Paul Keating wrote: > Why would you not set your retentions correctly (ie, set to expire when > you want them to) then have Iron Mountain automatically return the tapes > when the expiration date rolls 'round? > > That way your tapes come back to you as Scratch, with no clean up work > to do afterward. > > Sounds like a make work project. > > Paul > > -- Jeff Cleverley Unix Systems Administrator Avago Technologies 4380 Ziegler Road Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 970-288-4611 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu