Regarding media expire issue

[Rohit_Singh_Nay]

Hi ,

I am unable to expire the media while trying to expire the media its giving me error that media couldn't be found in the database. But media can be found through the vmquery command and seeing from the netbackup console having assign date. But while trying to see that media through Bpmedialist command is giving me response that media can't be found.

Please suggest me how can I expire the media.
Netbackup version 6.0 and OS is windows server 2000

[rjrumfelt]

You can download the nbcc utility and run it.  It will check for any type of catalog inconsistentcies and report what it finds.  If it does happen to find anything, you can log a support case and a technician will help you resolve them.

[rjrumfelt]

I found this command suggested by Marianne Van De Berg in the other "Media expire" thread, so give her a thumbs up if it leads you to any conclusions:

nbemmcmd -listmedia -mediaid

List the output of that command.  It should tell you if NBU sees the tape in the EMM DB.

[Nicolai]

if a tape is unassigned (scratch) bpimagelist won't report any images. But vmquery (vm  = volume manager) will still know the tape.

Look for the fields : kilobytes, Images and valid Images. If they all are 0, the tape is unassigned.

lena:~ # nbemmcmd -listmedia -mediaid 600085
NBEMMCMD, Version:6.5.4
====================================================================
Media GUID:                     e5927f1c-3fcc-11de-8000-ea738ead8f74
Media ID:                       600085
Partner:                        -
Media Type:                     HCART
Volume Group:                   000_00000_ACS
Application:                    Netbackup
Media Flags:                    1
Description:                    Added by Media Manager
Barcode:                        600085
Partner Barcode:                --------
Last Write Host:                NONE
Created:                        05/13/2009 14:46
Time Assigned:                  -
First Mount:                    05/27/2009 07:47
Last Mount:                     08/17/2009 05:01
Volume Expiration:              -
Data Expiration:                -
Last Written:                   08/17/2009 06:09
Last Read:                      -
Robot Type:                     ACS
Robot Control Host:             NONE
Robot Number:                   0
AcsAcs:                         0
AcsLsm:                         3
Cleanings Remaining:            -
Number of Mounts:               16
Maximum Mounts Allowed:         0
Media Status:                   ACTIVE
Kilobytes:                      0 <---
Images:                         0 <--- Fields to check
Valid Images:                   0 <---
Retention Period:               -
Number of Restores:             0
Optical Header Size Bytes:      0
Optical Sector Size Bytes:      0
Optical Partition Size Bytes:   0
Last Header Offset:             0
Adamm Guid:                     00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Rsm Guid:                       00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Origin Host:                    NONE
Master Host:                    main
Server Group:
Upgrade Conflicts Flag:
Pool Number:                    5
Volume Pool:                    scratch
Previous Pool Name:             nn_scheduled
Vault Flags:                    -
Vault Container:                -
Vault Name:                     -
Vault Slot:                     -
Session ID:                     -
Date Vaulted:                   -
Return Date:                    -
====================================================================
Command completed successfully.