Jochen Kaechelin schrieb:
> how must I use amlabel when I will store my backups on
> a harddisk? 
> 
> amlabel aaa.hostname.de prefix-001
> and amdump aaa.hostname.de
> 
> works fine and everything is backup-ed.
> Bue I cant make 
> 
> amlabel aaa.hostname.de prefix-002
> 
> ...prefix-001...is in use...
> 
> Any hints? I work with amanda for 4 hours.

Surprising ... ;)

Check the value for the parameter labelstr in your amanda.conf.
Should look like this:

labelstr "^prefix[0-9][0-9]*$"

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"man amlabel" also should tell you something.

Stefan.