07-13-2011 12:31 AM
Hi All,
when I expire some images, it does not free up the media at the same time, but it takes about a days time.
can I manually run any command to free up media right after image expiry.
Thanks
Gorav
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07-13-2011 12:43 AM
bpexpdate -deassignempty should do just that!
The thing to remember tho' is that ALL the images on the tape need to have expired to enable the media to be deassigned.
***EDIT***
The reason it appears to take some time is probably due to the fact that it's waiting for the scheduled cleanup job to run (every 12 hours? - there's a T/N somewhere that details this)
Found it: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH63221
07-13-2011 12:43 AM
bpexpdate -deassignempty should do just that!
The thing to remember tho' is that ALL the images on the tape need to have expired to enable the media to be deassigned.
***EDIT***
The reason it appears to take some time is probably due to the fact that it's waiting for the scheduled cleanup job to run (every 12 hours? - there's a T/N somewhere that details this)
Found it: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH63221
07-13-2011 03:52 AM
Thanks Andy, This solves my problem.