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.\"     Title: amlabel
.\"    Author: James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
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.\"      Date: 11/05/2009
.\"    Manual: System Administration Commands
.\"    Source: Amanda 2.6.1p2
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "AMLABEL" "8" "11/05/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1p2" "System Administration Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
amlabel \- label an \fIAmanda\fR tape
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBamlabel\fR\ 'u
\fBamlabel\fR [\-f] \fIconfig\fR \fIlabel\fR [slot\ \fIslot\fR] [\-o\ \fIconfigoption\fR]...
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
All
\fIAmanda\fR
tapes must be pre\-labeled before they are used\&.
\fIAmanda\fR
verifies the label in
\fBamdump\fR
and
\fBamflush\fR
before writing to make sure the proper tape is loaded\&.
.PP
\fBAmlabel\fR
writes an
\fIAmanda\fR
label on the tape in the device specified by the
\fIamanda\&.conf\fR
file in /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fIconfig\fR\&.
\fILabel\fR
may be any string that does not contain whitespace and that matches the
\fIamanda\&.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(5)
file so it will be used by
\fIAmanda\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
\fIAmanda\fR
tape or if the label specified is on an active tape\&. The
\fB\-f\fR
(force) flag bypasses these verifications\&.
.PP
An optional
\fIslot\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\&.
.PP
See the
\fBamanda\fR(8)
man page for more details about
\fIAmanda\fR\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-o\fR \fIconfigoption\fR
.RS 4
See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERRIDE\fR" section in
\fBamanda\fR(8)\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLE"
.PP
Write an
\fIAmanda\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:
.nf
% amlabel daily DMP000 
.fi
.PP
Label the tape in slot 3 of the currently configured tape changer with the string "DMP003":
.nf
% amlabel daily DMP003 slot 3 
.fi
.SH "MESSAGES"
.PP
label \fIlabel\fR doesn\'t match labelstr \fIstr\fR
.RS 4
Label
\fIlabel\fR
on the command line does not match the
\fIlabelstr\fR
regular expression
\fIstr\fR
from
\fIamanda\&.conf\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
label \fIlabel\fR already on a tape
.RS 4
Label
\fIlabel\fR
is already listed as an active
\fIAmanda\fR
tape\&.
.RE
.PP
no tpchanger specified in \fIpath\fR , so slot command invalid
.RS 4
The command line has the
\fBslot\fR
parameter but the
\fIamanda\&.conf\fR
file in
\fIpath\fR
does not have a tape changer configured\&.
.RE
.PP
reading label \fIlabel\fR, tape is in another amanda configuration
.RS 4
This tape appears to be a valid
\fIAmanda\fR
tape, but label does not match
\fBlabelstr\fR
for this configuration so it is probably part of a different
\fIAmanda\fR
configuration\&.
.RE
.PP
reading label \fIlabel\fR, tape is active
.RS 4
Tape
\fIlabel\fR
appears to already be part of this
\fIAmanda\fR
configuration and active, i\&.e\&. has valid data on it\&.
.RE
.PP
no label found, are you sure \fItape\fR is non\-rewinding?
.RS 4
While checking that the label was written correctly,
\fBamlabel\fR
got an error that might be caused by mis\-configuring
\fIAmanda\fR
with a rewinding tape device name instead of a non\-rewinding device name for
\fItape\&.\fR
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBamanda\fR(8),
\fBamdump\fR(8),
\fBamflush\fR(8),
: http://wiki.zmanda.com
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBJames da Silva\fR <\&jds@amanda\&.org\&>
.PP
\fBStefan G\&. Weichinger\fR <\&sgw@amanda\&.org\&>