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.\"     Title: amrmtape
.\"    Author: Adrian T. Filipi-Martin <atf3r@cs.virginia.edu>
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.\"      Date: 04/10/2009
.\"    Manual: System Administration Commands
.\"    Source: Amanda 2.6.1p1
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "AMRMTAPE" "8" "04/10/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1p1" "System Administration Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
amrmtape \- remove a tape from the \fIAmanda\fR database
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBamrmtape\fR\ 'u
\fBamrmtape\fR [\-n] [\-v] [\-q] [\-d] \fIconfig\fR \fIlabel\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBAmrmtape\fR
invalidates the contents of an existing backup tape in the configuration database\&. This is meant as a recovery mechanism when a good backup is damaged either by faulty hardware or user error, e\&.g\&. the tape is eaten by the drive or is overwritten\&.
.PP
See the
\fBamanda\fR(8)
man page for more details about
\fIAmanda\fR\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-n\fR
.RS 4
Generate new
\fBtapelist\fR(5)
and database files with
\fIlabel\fR
removed, but leave them in
/tmp
and do not update the original copies\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-v\fR
.RS 4
List backups of hosts and disks that are being discarded\&. Enabled by default\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-q\fR
.RS 4
Opposite of
\fB\-v\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-d\fR
.RS 4
Run in debugging mode so all executed commands are shown\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLE"
.PP
Remove tape labeled
\fIDAILY034\fR
from the
\fIDailySet1\fR
configuration\&.
.nf
# amrmtape DailySet1 DAILY034
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBamadmin\fR(8),
\fBamanda\fR(8),
: http://wiki.zmanda.com
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBAdrian T\&. Filipi\-Martin\fR <\&atf3r@cs\&.virginia\&.edu\&>
.PP
\fBStefan G\&. Weichinger\fR <\&sgw@amanda\&.org\&>