On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 01:26:28PM -0800, S. Keel wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> I'm setting up another config on a different server, and would like to
> reuse the tapes from the previous config.  I've started with a fresh
> setup, but have configured it very much the same as the previous server.
> The 'labelstr' is the same as the previous config.  But I get the
> following error:
> 
> ERROR: /dev/nst0: reading label: Input/output error
>       (expecting a new tape)
> 
> The tapes that I'm using were labeled from the previous server.  I plan to
> just overwrite them.  Do I need to amlabel -f the tapes to make the new
> config think they're new tapes?

But your new config does not have a list of the tapes it can use.
The file is named -- TaDa -- tapelist.

Relabel your tapes using the "-f" option of amlabel to force
it to override the check for an existing amanda label.

Before doing this, you may have to create an empty "tapelist" file.

jl
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