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20 .TH "AMLABEL" 8 "" "" ""
22 amlabel \- label an AMANDA tape
27 \fBamlabel\fR [\-f] \fIconfig\fR \fIlabel\fR [\fIslot\fR\ \fIslot\fR]
34 All \fBAMANDA\fR tapes must be pre\-labeled before they are used\&. \fBAMANDA\fR verifies the label in \fBamdump\fR and \fBamflush\fR before writing to make sure the proper tape is loaded\&.
37 \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\&.
40 \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\&.
43 \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\&.
46 An optional \fBslot\fR may be specified after the tape label\&. If a tape changer is in use, \fBamlabel\fR will label the tape in the specified slot instead of the currently loaded tape\&.
49 See the \fBamanda\fR(8) man page for more details about \fBAMANDA\fR\&.
54 Write an \fBAMANDA\fR label with the string ``\fBDMP000\fR'' on the tape loaded in the device named in the \fBtapedev\fR option in /usr/local/etc/amanda/daily/amanda\&.conf:
57 % amlabel daily DMP000
61 Label the tape in slot 3 of the currently configured tape changer with the string ``\fBDMP003\fR'':
64 % amlabel daily DMP003 slot 3
70 label \fBlabel\fR doesn't match labelstr \fBstr\fR
71 Label \fBlabel\fR on the command line does not match the \fBlabelstr\fR regular expression \fBstr\fR from \fBamanda\&.conf\fR\&.
74 label \fBlabel\fR already on a tape
75 Label \fBlabel\fR is already listed as an active \fBAMANDA\fR tape\&.
78 no tpchanger specified in \fBpath\fR , so slot command invalid
79 The command line has the \fBslot\fR parameter but the \fBamanda\&.conf\fR file in \fBpath\fR does not have a tape changer configured\&.
82 reading label \fBlabel\fR, tape is in another amanda configuration
83 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\&.
86 reading label \fBlabel\fR, tape is active
87 Tape \fBlabel\fR appears to already be part of this \fBAMANDA\fR configuration and active, i\&.e\&. has valid data on it\&.
90 no label found, are you sure \fBtape\fR is non\-rewinding?
91 While checking that the label was written correctly, \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
96 James da Silva, <jds@amanda\&.org>: Original text
99 Stefan G\&. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda\&.org>, maintainer of the \fBAMANDA\fR\-documentation: XML\-conversion
104 \fBamanda\fR(8) \fBamdump\fR(8) \fBamflush\fR(8)