On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 11:09:18PM +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> Ronald Vincent Vazquez schrieb:
> > Hello:
> > 
> > I was wondering if anyone can tell me a way to cheat amanda to override
> > the expected tape.  I am still running in "test mode" and tonight I want
> > to run the backup but starting (re-use) with tape one.
> 
> Simply re-label that tape with the --force option:
> 
> amlabel -f <conf> <existinglabel>
> 
> That way it's new again to Amanda.

IIRC, amrmtape cleans up some index/log entries related to the tape.
Does forcing a relabel do the same?

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