John,

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

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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