amlabel
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Name
-amlabel \14 label an AMANDA tape
+amlabel \14 label an Amanda tape
Synopsis
-amlabel [-f ] config label [ slot slot ]
+amlabel [-f ] config label [ slot | slot ] [ -o | configoption ]*
DESCRIPTION
-All AMANDA tapes must be pre-labeled before they are used. AMANDA verifies the
+All Amanda tapes must be pre-labeled before they are used. Amanda verifies the
label in amdump and amflush before writing to make sure the proper tape is
loaded.
-Amlabel writes an AMANDA label on the tape in the device specified by the
+Amlabel writes an Amanda label on the tape in the device specified by the
amanda.conf file in /usr/local/etc/amanda/config. Label may be any string that
does not contain whitespace and that matches the amanda.conf labelstr regular
expression option. It is up to the system administrator to define a naming
convention.
-Amlabel appends the new tape to the tapelist file so it will be used by AMANDA
+Amlabel appends the new tape to the tapelist file so it will be used by Amanda
before it reuses any other tapes. When you amlabel multiple tapes, they will be
used in the order you amlabel them.
-Amlabel will not write the label if the tape contains an active AMANDA tape or
+Amlabel will not write the label if the tape contains an active Amanda tape or
if the label specified is on an active tape. The -f (force) flag bypasses these
verifications.
An optional slot may be specified after the tape label. If a tape changer is in
use, amlabel will label the tape in the specified slot instead of the currently
loaded tape.
-See the amanda(8) man page for more details about AMANDA.
+See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.
+
+OPTIONS
+
+
+
+ -o configoption
+ See the "CONFIGURATION OVERWRITE" section in amanda(8).
+
EXAMPLE
-Write an AMANDA label with the string "DMP000" on the tape loaded in the device
+Write an Amanda label with the string "DMP000" on the tape loaded in the device
named in the tapedev option in /usr/local/etc/amanda/daily/amanda.conf:
% amlabel daily DMP000
expression str from amanda.conf.
label label already on a tape
- Label label is already listed as an active AMANDA tape.
+ Label label is already listed as an active Amanda tape.
no tpchanger specified in path , so slot command invalid
The command line has the slot parameter but the amanda.conf file in path
does not have a tape changer configured.
reading label label, tape is in another amanda configuration
- This tape appears to be a valid AMANDA tape, but label does not match
+ This tape appears to be a valid Amanda tape, but label does not match
labelstr for this configuration so it is probably part of a different
- AMANDA configuration.
+ Amanda configuration.
reading label label, tape is active
- Tape label appears to already be part of this AMANDA configuration and
+ Tape label appears to already be part of this Amanda configuration and
active, i.e. has valid data on it.
no label found, are you sure tape is non-rewinding?
While checking that the label was written correctly, amlabel got an error
- that might be caused by mis-configuring AMANDA with a rewinding tape
+ that might be caused by mis-configuring Amanda with a rewinding tape
device name instead of a non-rewinding device name for tape.
AUTHOR
James da Silva, <jds@amanda.org>: Original text
-Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the AMANDA-documentation:
+Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the Amanda-documentation:
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SEE ALSO
projects / debian / amanda / blobdiff