Amanda-Users

Re: swap out a tape within the rotation

2003-01-13 16:05:12
Subject: Re: swap out a tape within the rotation
From: tammy <tammy AT subverge DOT com>
To: "wab" <wab AT purdue DOT edu>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:32:55 -0800
Use the "-f" option with amlabel. It will FORCE the overwrite of the existing label. This is a safety precaution so that users don't accidently overwrite a backup tape.

        t

On Monday, January 13, 2003, at 11:56  AM, wab wrote:

I have decided to archive the current "tapeXX" in my rotation. I want to
use a new tape for
tapeXX, but executing "./amlabel DailySet1 tapeXX" returns, "label
tapeXX is already on a tape."

What am I missing? (faq-o-matic is down :( )

wab




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