NOT ABLE TO EXPIRE TAPES

Created: 22 Aug 2012 | Updated: 29 Aug 2012 | 4 comments

Nayab.Rasool

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Hi All,

I am not able to expire the tapes as i run command

bpexpdate -m 000001 -d 0

Its throwing error :--> " requested media id is not assigned to this host in the emm database"

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AmolZeroCool Symantec Employee

Refer to http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH56034

Amol

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mph999 Symantec Employee

That is because the tape is not assigned.

Therefore, there is no need to expire it.

Martin

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http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH75805

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As Martin says .. if it is not assigned it cannot be expired

An alternative is if the command is being run from the master and the tape belongs to a different server

If you know which server owns it (this is a column that can be added under your media section in the admin console) then re-try the command using

bpexpdate -m 000001 -d 0 -host mediaservername

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Please show us output of:

nbemmcmd -listmedia -mediaid 000001

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