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.TH AMRMTAPE 8
.SH NAME
amrmtape \- remove a tape from the Amanda database
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B amrmtape
[
.B -n
] [
.B -v
] [
.B -q
] [
.B -d
]
.I config
.I label
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Amrmtape
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.
.LP
See the
.IR amanda (8)
man page for more details about Amanda.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B -n
Generate new
.I tapelist
and database files with
.I label
removed, but leave them in
.I /tmp
and do not update the original copies.
.TP
.B -v
List backups of hosts and disks that are being discarded.  Enabled by default.
.TP
.B -q
Opposite of
.BR -v .
.TP
.B -d
Run in debugging mode so all executed commands are shown.
.SH EXAMPLE
Remove tape labeled
.I DAILY034
from the
.I DailySet1
configuration.
.LP
.RS
.EX
# amrmtape DailySet1 DAILY034
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.RE
.SH AUTHOR
Adrian T. Filipi-Martin <atf3r@cs.virginia.edu>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
amadmin(8),
amanda(8)