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expiring the tape QUICKLY

expiring the tape QUICKLY
Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:14:41 +080
Assuming the tape takes some weeks to expire, and i wish to expire the tape 
*quickly*, what is the fastest way to do it ?

Erase it ? Mark as free immediately ? 

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Re: expiring the tape QUICKLY
Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:03:31 +053
you can use powershell script to forcefully expire tape datasets and mark 
tape as free.
http://blogs.technet.com/dpm/archive/2007/09/04/cli-script-force-mark-tape-as-fr
ee.aspx

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> Assuming the tape takes some weeks to expire, and i wish to expire the 
> tape *quickly*, what is the fastest way to do it ?
>
> Erase it ? Mark as free immediately ?
> 

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