*** moved to new post from https://vox.veritas.com/t5/NetBackup/image-cleanup-partially-succussful-due-to-old-clients-removed/td-p/626916I have the same problem as the OP.When I try to run the bpimage -newserver newservername -oldserver oldservername I get "no entity was found".nbemmcmd -listshost shows the old server and lists it as foreign_media.&nbsp; If I try running nbdecomission, I get "invalid NetBackup version 0.0.0.0 found on old server".&nbsp; Are there any steps I can take to get the old server removed?

Your situation sounds a bit messed up. Rather open a support case to get it resolved.

Please tell us about your environment.You NBU version, the decommissioned media server, what kind of media server it was (tape, disk, MSDP, etc... ), if there are still devices and images associated with the media server, etc.Show us output of 'nbemmcmd -listhosts -verbose' and extract/highlight the removed media server. Show us output of 'nbdecommission -list_ref -oldserver <server-name>'.

Change media using bpmedia -movedb instead of bpimage, and use -allvolumes option.It has saved my bacon a few times.Instead of "bpimage -newserver newservername -oldserver oldservername" use " bpmedia -movedb -allvolumes -newserver newservername -oldserver oldservername"This will clear ALL media from the old media server to the new one.

Looks like this is not too much of an issue?jrglenni has not been back since last Wednesday to look for answers....

Sorry, thought I would get email notifications for new responses but probably not since I didn't start the thread. I will check out the recommendations from Genericus and report back. Thanks!

Decommission media server

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RiaanBadenhorst
Level 6
9 years ago
Your situation sounds a bit messed up. Rather open a support case to get it resolved.
Marianne
Level 6
9 years ago
Please tell us about your environment.
You NBU version, the decommissioned media server, what kind of media server it was (tape, disk, MSDP, etc... ), if there are still devices and images associated with the media server, etc.
Show us output of 'nbemmcmd -listhosts -verbose' and extract/highlight the removed media server.
Show us output of 'nbdecommission -list_ref -oldserver <server-name>'.
Genericus
Moderator
9 years ago
Change media using bpmedia -movedb instead of bpimage, and use -allvolumes option.
It has saved my bacon a few times.
Instead of "bpimage -newserver newservername -oldserver oldservername" use " bpmedia -movedb -allvolumes -newserver newservername -oldserver oldservername"
This will clear ALL media from the old media server to the new one.
Marianne
Level 6
9 years ago
Looks like this is not too much of an issue?
jrglenni has not been back since last Wednesday to look for answers....
- jrglenni
  Level 3
  9 years ago
  Sorry, thought I would get email notifications for new responses but probably not since I didn't start the thread. I will check out the recommendations from Genericus and report back. Thanks!
  - Genericus
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    9 years ago
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