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r1
Level 5
15 years ago

Unable to deassign media

this is driving me crazy

i created a test volume pool and put one tape in it , tape 00000A . i am unable to delete the tape or remove it from the volume pool

when i try to delete the pool i get this
the specified pool is not empty . pool still contains medai

i have expired the images on the tape but still unable to deasssign and delete ther media
cannot delete assigned volume  . cannt delete assigned media

i tried the deassignbymedia command but that didn't work either . any ideaS ?
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  • r1's avatar
    r1
    15 years ago

    Hi everyone - Update on this . This issue is resolved now and the only way to resolve it is by having a backline engineer with symantec write a code and apply the fix . a fix was wrote by a programmer at symntec that i had to apply . applying 6.5.6 patch will prevet this from happening again . if anyone out there having this exact isue . call symnatec , they will help you because there is simply no other options :) Thanks again for everyone that tried to help . much appreciated

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  • r1's avatar
    r1
    Level 5
    15 years ago

    Hi everyone - Update on this . This issue is resolved now and the only way to resolve it is by having a backline engineer with symantec write a code and apply the fix . a fix was wrote by a programmer at symntec that i had to apply . applying 6.5.6 patch will prevet this from happening again . if anyone out there having this exact isue . call symnatec , they will help you because there is simply no other options :) Thanks again for everyone that tried to help . much appreciated

  • r1's avatar
    r1
    Level 5
    15 years ago
    i need to be able to delete the pool and reuse the tape
  • Holowinski's avatar
    Holowinski
    Level 3
    15 years ago
     vmdelete [-h <EMM_server> | <volume_database_host>]
         [-m <media_id> | -v <volume_group>]
  • quebek's avatar
    quebek
    Moderator
    15 years ago

    then press Y
    later on you can remove media and finally the volume pool ;)
  • J_H_Is_gone's avatar
    J_H_Is_gone
    Level 6
    15 years ago

    Look at your pool and look at the media if there is a Time assigned on the tape in then all the images on the tape have NOT been expired.

    at command line try this

    bpmedialist -m <media id>
    if it comes back with anything is has not been expired

    now

    bpexpdate -m <media id> -d 0

    it will ask if you really want to say yes

    then do the bpmedialist again

    if it shows anything it is not being expired and you will have to figure out why.


     

  • r1's avatar
    r1
    Level 5
    15 years ago
    didn't work , here is what i get

    -bash-3.00# bpexpdate -d 0 -m 000007
    Media 000007 is due to expire at 04/18/2010 15:28:00
    Are you sure that the data on this media is not critical to
    your business, and you are sure you want to delete 000007 y/n (n)? y
    invalid command parameter
  • r1's avatar
    r1
    Level 5
    15 years ago
    didn't work either , here is what i get

    -bash-3.00# bpmedialist -m 000007
    Server Host = tmnaim01

     
     id     rl  images   allocated        last updated      density  kbytes restores
               vimages   expiration       last read         <------- STATUS ------->
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    000007  19      0   04/16/2010 14:58  04/16/2010 15:28   hcart           0     0
                    0   04/18/2010 15:28        N/A         EXPIRED
    -bash-3.00#
    -bash-3.00# bpexpdate -m 000007 -d 0
    Media 000007 is due to expire at 04/18/2010 15:28:00
    Are you sure that the data on this media is not critical to
    your business, and you are sure you want to delete 000007 y/n (n)? y
    invalid command parameter