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-.TH "AMLABEL" 8 "" "" ""
-.SH NAME
-amlabel \- label an AMANDA tape
-.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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+.\" Title: amlabel
+.\" Author: James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot_8273 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 10/18/2010
+.\" Manual: System Administration Commands
+.\" Source: Amanda 3.2.0
+.\" Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "AMLABEL" "8" "10/18/2010" "Amanda 3\&.2\&.0" "System Administration Commands"
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-.HP 8
-\fBamlabel\fR [\-f] \fIconfig\fR \fIlabel\fR [\fIslot\fR\ \fIslot\fR]
-.ad
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+.SH "NAME"
+amlabel \- label an Amanda tape
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.HP \w'\fBamlabel\fR\ 'u
+\fBamlabel\fR \fIconfig\fR \fIlabel\fR [slot\ \fIslot\fR] [\fB\-f\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fB\-o\fR\ \fIconfigoption\fR...]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
-
.PP
-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\&.
-
+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(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]
+is given, then
+\fBamlabel\fR
+labels the tape in the current slot of the default changer\&. If a slot is given, it labels the volume in that slot\&.
+\fILabel\fR
+may be any string that does not contain whitespace and that matches the
+\fBlabelstr\fR
+(see
+\fBamanda.conf\fR(5))\&.
.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\&.
-
+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
-\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\&.
-
+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"
.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\&.
-
+\fB\-f\fR
+.RS 4
+Force the label operation; see above
+.RE
.PP
-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\&.
-
+\fB\-\-version\fR
+.RS 4
+Output version information
+.RE
.PP
-See the \fBamanda\fR(8) man page for more details about \fBAMANDA\fR\&.
-
+\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 ``\fBDMP000\fR'' 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 ``\fBDMP003\fR'':
+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, \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
-
+.PP
+Label \'\fIlabel\fR\' doesn\'t match labelstr \'\fIlabelstr\fR\'
+.RS 4
+The given label does not match the configured labelstr\&. Even with
+\fB\-f\fR, this is an error\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+Label \'\fIlabel\fR\' 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 \'\fIlabel\fR\', but it is not from configuration \fIconfig\fR\&.
+.RS 4
+The label
+\fBamlabel\fR
+found on the volume does not match this configuration\'s
+\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 \'\fIlabel\fR\' 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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