On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 05:56:05PM +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> 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]*$"

Small details, there is a missing dash in the above pattern
and it looks like you want a fixed 3 digit string.

An alternative label string pattern could be:

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

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