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-.TH "AMLABEL" 8 "" "" ""
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+.\" Title: amlabel
+.\" Author: James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 01/10/2013
+.\" Manual: System Administration Commands
+.\" Source: Amanda 3.3.3
+.\" Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "AMLABEL" "8" "01/10/2013" "Amanda 3\&.3\&.3" "System Administration Commands"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
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+.nh
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+.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.SH "NAME"
-amlabel - label an Amanda tape
+amlabel \- label an Amanda tape
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
-.HP 8
-\fBamlabel\fR [-f] \fIconfig\fR \fIlabel\fR [slot \fIslot\fR] [-o \fIconfigoption\fR]*
-
+.HP \w'\fBamlabel\fR\ 'u
+\fBamlabel\fR [\fB\-\-barcode\ \fR\fB\fIbarcode\fR\fR] [\fB\-\-meta\ \fR\fB\fImeta\-label\fR\fR] [\fB\-\-assign\fR] [\fB\-f\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fB\-o\fR\ \fIconfigoption\fR...] \fIconfig\fR [\fIlabel\fR] [slot\ \fIslot\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
-All
-\fBAmanda\fR
-tapes must be pre-labeled before they are used.
-\fBAmanda\fR
-verifies the label in
-\fBamdump\fR
+This command applies a label to an Amanda volume, erasing the volume in the process\&.
+.PP
+Amanda uses labels to identify volumes:
+\fBamdump\fR(8)
and
-\fBamflush\fR
-before writing to make sure the proper tape is loaded.
-.PP
-\fBAmlabel\fR
-writes an
-\fBAmanda\fR
-label on the tape in the device specified by the
-\fBamanda.conf\fR
-file in /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fBconfig\fR.
-\fBLabel\fR
-may be any string that does not contain whitespace and that matches the
-\fBamanda.conf\fR\fBlabelstr\fR
-regular expression option. It is up to the system administrator to define a naming convention.
-.PP
-\fBAmlabel\fR
-appends the new tape to the
-\fBtapelist\fR
-file so it will be used by
-\fBAmanda\fR
-before it reuses any other tapes. When you
-\fBamlabel\fR
-multiple tapes, they will be used in the order you
-\fBamlabel\fR
-them.
-.PP
-\fBAmlabel\fR
-will not write the label if the tape contains an active
-\fBAmanda\fR
-tape or if the label specified is on an active tape. The
-\fB-f\fR
-(force) flag bypasses these verifications.
-.PP
-An optional
-\fBslot\fR
-may be specified after the tape label. If a tape changer is in use,
+\fBamflush\fR(8)
+verify the label before writing to make sure the proper volume is loaded, and the recovery programs use the label to ensure they are reading the data they expect\&.
+.PP
+If no
+[\fIslot\fR]
+and no
+[\fIbarcode\fR]
+is given, then
\fBamlabel\fR
-will label the tape in the specified slot instead of the currently loaded tape.
+labels the tape in the current slot of the default changer\&. If a slot is given, it labels the volume in that slot\&. If a barcode is given, it labels the volume with that barcode\&.
+\fILabel\fR
+may be any string that does not contain whitespace and that matches the
+\fBlabelstr\fR
+(see
+\fBamanda.conf\fR(5))\&.
+.PP
+If
+[\fIlabel\fR]
+is not given, an autolabel is generated, see
+\fBautolabel\fR
+in
+\fBamanda.conf\fR(5)\&.
.PP
-See the
-\fBamanda\fR(8)
-man page for more details about
-\fBAmanda\fR.
+If
+[\fB\-\-assign\fR]
+is given, the barcode and meta\-label are assigned to the label without labeling the volume\&. The label must already be in the tapelist file\&.
+.PP
+This command also appends the new volume to the
+\fBtapelist\fR(5)
+file, so that they will be used in the order they are labeled (depending on the taperscan in use \(em see
+\fBamanda-taperscan\fR(7))\&.
+.PP
+As a precaution,
+\fBamlabel\fR
+will not write a label if the volume already contains an active label or if the label specified is on an active tape\&. The
+[\-f]
+(force) flag bypasses these verifications\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
-.TP
-\fB-o\fR \fIconfigoption\fR
-See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERWRITE\fR" section in
-\fBamanda\fR(8).
+.PP
+\fB\-\-barcode \fR\fB\fIbarcode\fR\fR
+.RS 4
+With
+[\-\-assign], assign the barcode to the label\&. Without
+[\-\-assign], label the volume with that barcode\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-meta \fR\fB\fImeta\-label\fR\fR
+.RS 4
+Assign the meta label to the label after labeling the volume\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-assign\fR
+.RS 4
+Assign the barcode or meta\-label to the label without labeling the volume\&. The label must already be in the tapelist file\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-f\fR
+.RS 4
+Force the label operation; see above
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-version\fR
+.RS 4
+Output version information
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-o \fR\fB\fIconfigoption\fR\fR
+.RS 4
+See the "CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE" section in
+\fBamanda\fR(8)\&.
+.RE
.SH "EXAMPLE"
.PP
-Write an
-\fBAmanda\fR
-label with the string "DMP000" on the tape loaded in the device named in the
-\fBtapedev\fR
-option in /usr/local/etc/amanda/daily/amanda.conf:
+Write an Amanda label with the string "DMP000" on the current volume:
.nf
-
% amlabel daily DMP000
.fi
.PP
-Label the tape in slot 3 of the currently configured tape changer with the string "DMP003":
+Label the tape in slot 3 of the changer with the label "DMP003":
.nf
-
% amlabel daily DMP003 slot 3
.fi
.SH "MESSAGES"
-.TP
-label \fBlabel\fR doesn't match labelstr \fBstr\fR
-Label
-\fBlabel\fR
-on the command line does not match the
-\fBlabelstr\fR
-regular expression
-\fBstr\fR
-from
-\fBamanda.conf\fR.
-.TP
-label \fBlabel\fR already on a tape
-Label
-\fBlabel\fR
-is already listed as an active
-\fBAmanda\fR
-tape.
-.TP
-no tpchanger specified in \fBpath\fR , so slot command invalid
-The command line has the
-\fBslot\fR
-parameter but the
-\fBamanda.conf\fR
-file in
-\fBpath\fR
-does not have a tape changer configured.
-.TP
-reading label \fBlabel\fR, tape is in another amanda configuration
-This tape appears to be a valid
-\fBAmanda\fR
-tape, but label does not match
-\fBlabelstr\fR
-for this configuration so it is probably part of a different
-\fBAmanda\fR
-configuration.
-.TP
-reading label \fBlabel\fR, tape is active
-Tape
-\fBlabel\fR
-appears to already be part of this
-\fBAmanda\fR
-configuration and active, i.e. has valid data on it.
-.TP
-no label found, are you sure \fBtape\fR is non-rewinding?
-While checking that the label was written correctly,
+.PP
+Label \*(Aq\fIlabel\fR\*(Aq doesn\*(Aqt match labelstr \*(Aq\fIlabelstr\fR\*(Aq
+.RS 4
+The given label does not match the configured labelstr\&. Even with
+\fB\-f\fR, this is an error\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+Label \*(Aq\fIlabel\fR\*(Aq already on a volume
+.RS 4
+The given label is already on another volume in the tapelist, and Amanda will not write it to this volume unless forced\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+Found label \*(Aq\fIlabel\fR\*(Aq, but it is not from configuration \fIconfig\fR\&.
+.RS 4
+The label
\fBamlabel\fR
-got an error that might be caused by mis-configuring
-\fBAmanda\fR
-with a rewinding tape device name instead of a non-rewinding device name for
-\fBtape.\fR
-.SH "AUTHOR"
-.PP
-James da Silva,
-<jds@amanda.org>: Original text
-.PP
-Stefan G. Weichinger,
-<sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the
-\fBAmanda\fR-documentation: XML-conversion
+found on the volume does not match this configuration\*(Aqs
+\fBlabelstr\fR, so it is probably part of a different Amanda configuration\&. Amanda will not overwrite the label unless it is forced\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+Volume with label \*(Aq\fIlabel\fR\*(Aq contains data from this configuration\&.
+.RS 4
+The label
+\fBamlabel\fR
+found on the volume still has valid data on it and Amanda will not overwrite it unless forced\&. Note that this does not distinguish between active and inactive volumes\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
-\fBamanda\fR(8)\fBamdump\fR(8)\fBamflush\fR(8)
-
+\fBamanda\fR(8),
+\fBamanda.conf\fR(5),
+\fBtapelist\fR(5),
+\fBamanda-taperscan\fR(7),
+\fBamdump\fR(8),
+\fBamflush\fR(8)
+.PP
+The Amanda Wiki:
+: http://wiki.zmanda.com/
+.SH "AUTHORS"
+.PP
+\fBJames da Silva\fR <\&jds@amanda\&.org\&>
+.PP
+\fBStefan G\&. Weichinger\fR <\&sgw@amanda\&.org\&>
+.PP
+\fBDustin J\&. Mitchell\fR <\&dustin@zmanda\&.com\&>
+.RS 4
+Zmanda, Inc\&. (http://www\&.zmanda\&.com)
+.RE
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