For reasons that are too long to get into, there are a number of old (like, 2009, 2010) tapes that were previously given "infinite" expiry times that we'd like to re-use, and I can't find the right combination of magic spells to get all the problems fixed.
There is, for the record, NOTHING on these tapes that we want to keep. We want to find a way to have Netbackup treat these old, previously used tapes as if they were fresh new blank tapes.
First, from the GUI: We can't change the pool of an assigned media. We can't change the expiry date because that's not an option in the GUI.
So, I start with Media ID Z203L3, and try this:
./bpexpdate -m Z203L3 -d 0
I get:
Are you SURE you want to delete Z203L3 y/n (n)? y
requested media id is not assigned to this host in the EMM database
./bpmedialist -m Z203L3
requested media id is not assigned to this host in the EMM database
As per the KB entry here:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?pag...
I try:
./nbemmcmd -listmedia -mediaid Z203L3
NBEMMCMD, Version:6.5
====================================================================
Media GUID: b9ad7712-51ba-11de-8000-ae462b3c6e37
Media ID: Z203L3
Data Expiration: INFINITY
Origin Host: NONE
(I've clipped some of the output)
./nbemmcmd -listmedia -mergetable
NBEMMCMD, Version:6.5
The following number of records were found:0
Command completed successfully.
Okay, so I need to make the DB entry manually, right? It's in pool 7, so I run:
../bptm -makedbentry -m Z203L3 -den DLT3 -poolnum 7
Error - database system error
.... and that's the end of that KB article's helpfulness.
Anyone got an idea for my next step? Again, I do *not* care about anything on this tape. If I can wipe it blank and make Netbackup think it's a new tape, GREAT. Help me do that?