--On Tuesday, June 01, 2004 16:01:10 -0400 Brian Cuttler <brian AT wadsworth 
DOT org> wrote:

> 
> John,
> 
> use the -f option on amlabel, it will force an overwrite of
> the tape label.

Make sure you only re-label the tape as it's about to be used
since re-writing the label will probably make some or all of the
data unreadable.  Also, I think it will modify your disklist and
delete the associated indexes.

Frank

> 
> Truthfully I don't know that there is an amanda mechanism to
> 'de-label' a tape. Suppose you could always set it to BOT
> and dd something to the drive.
> 
> On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 12:55:57PM -0700, John Bossert wrote:
>> Having decided that I want my tapes labeled with "DailySet1-NN" rather 
>> than "DailySet1NN", when I try to relabel "DailySet100" I get the following:
>> 
>> poseidon(amanda): amlabel default DailySet1-01
>> rewinding, reading label DailySet100, tape is in another amanda 
>> configuration
>> rewinding
>> tape not labeled
>> 
>> This, even after running "amrmtape default DailySet100"
>> 
>> So, how do I
>> 
>> 1) tell Amanda to forget about DailySet100; and
>> 2) wipe the label from/relabel the tape?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> -john
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