On Thursday, 05.02.2004 at 10:05 -0500, Kin-Ho Kwan wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is it sufficient enough to just run "amrmtape -n conf TAPE001" so that
> Amanda will not use this tape for backup?
> 
> I try to run "amrmtape -n conf TAPE001", but Amanda still use that
> tape to backup stuff. Is there any other command I need to run to
> remove the Amanda label?

Reading TFM, I see:

-n     Generate new tapelist and database files with label
       removed, but  leave them in /tmp and do not update the
       original copies.

I suggest dropping the '-n' ... :-)

Dave.
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Cancer Research UK
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