Doing as following, i lose all data stored on tape, or i just change the amanda 
label?

Thanks a lot for your help :-)

Giovanni

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: geert AT sonycom DOT com [mailto:geert AT sonycom DOT com]Per conto di Geert
Uytterhoeven
Inviato: venerdì 2 settembre 2005 13.28
A: Montagni, Giovanni
Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Oggetto: Re: Question about tape label


On Fri, 2 Sep 2005, Montagni, Giovanni wrote:
> I have a tape labelled bkdaily12. I need to change the label to bkmonthly02, 
> because i've lost the tape named bkmonthly02.
> 
> is it possible?

Yes.

> i suppose i have to run:
> amrmtape <config> bkdaily12
> amlabel -f <configmonthly> bkmonthly02
> 
> is this correct?

Indeed.

> in tapelist of <configmonthly> i already have bkmontly02, it's not a problem, 
> is it?

You have to amrmtape the old bkmontly02 first.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                                                Geert

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