12 amlabel \- label an Amanda tape
22 All Amanda tapes must be pre-labeled before they are used.
23 Amanda verifies the label in
27 before writing to make sure the proper tape is loaded.
30 writes an Amanda label on the tape in the device specified by the
32 file in @CONFIG_DIR@/\fIconfig\fR.
34 may be any string that does not contain whitespace and that matches the
37 regular expression option.
38 It is up to the system administrator to define a naming convention.
41 appends the new tape to the
43 file so it will be used by Amanda before it reuses any other
47 multiple tapes, they will be used in the
53 will not write the label if the tape contains an active
54 Amanda tape or if the label specified is on an active tape.
57 (force) flag bypasses these verifications.
61 may be specified after the tape label.
62 If a tape changer is in use,
64 will label the tape in the specified slot
65 instead of the currently loaded tape.
69 man page for more details about Amanda.
71 Write an Amanda label with the string "DMP000" on
72 the tape loaded in the device named in the
74 option in @CONFIG_DIR@/@DEFAULT_CONFIG@/amanda.conf:
78 % amlabel @DEFAULT_CONFIG@ DMP000
82 Label the tape in slot 3 of the currently configured tape changer
83 with the string "DMP003":
87 % amlabel @DEFAULT_CONFIG@ DMP003 slot 3
92 label \fIlabel\fR doesn't match labelstr "\fIstr\fR"
95 on the command line does not match the
102 label \fIlabel\fR already on a tape
105 is already listed as an active Amanda tape.
107 no tpchanger specified in "\fIpath\fR", so slot command invalid
108 The command line has the
114 does not have a tape changer configured.
116 reading label \fIlabel\fR, tape is in another amanda configuration
117 This tape appears to be a valid Amanda tape,
118 but label does not match
120 for this configuration so it is probably part of a different
121 Amanda configuration.
123 reading label \fIlabel\fR, tape is active
126 appears to already be part of this Amanda configuration
127 and active, i.e. has valid data on it.
129 no label found, are you sure \fItape\fR is non-rewinding?
130 While checking that the label was written correctly,
132 got an error that might be caused by mis-configuring Amanda
133 with a rewinding tape device name
134 instead of a non-rewinding device name for
137 James da Silva <jds@cs.umd.edu>
139 University of Maryland, College Park