1AMRMTAPE(8)             System Administration Commands             AMRMTAPE(8)
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NAME

6       amrmtape - remove a tape from the Amanda database
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SYNOPSIS

9       amrmtape [--changer changer-name] [--cleanup] [--dryrun] [-n] [--erase]
10                [--external-copy] [--keep-label] [--list-retention]
11                [--list-no-retention] [--remove-no-retention] [--quiet] [-q]
12                [--verbose] [-v] config [label]*
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DESCRIPTION

15       Amrmtape invalidates the contents of an existing backup tape in the
16       configuration database. This is meant as a recovery mechanism when a
17       good backup is damaged either by faulty hardware or user error, e.g.
18       the tape is eaten by the drive or is overwritten.
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20       See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.
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OPTIONS

23       --changer changer-name
24           Specify which changer to use when erasing label
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26       --cleanup
27           Remove logs and indexes associated with label. Otherwise, they'll
28           remain until the next run of amdump.
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30       --dryrun, -n
31           Generate new tapelist(5) and database files with label removed, but
32           leave them in /tmp and do not update the original copies.
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34       --erase
35           Attempt to erase the data contained on the volume with the given
36           label. This requires that Amanda be able to find that volume using
37           the tape changer. Erasure is not supported by all Amanda devices,
38           and the erasure is not "secure" in the sense that the data can most
39           likely be recovered by someone with the right tools.
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41       --external-copy
42           The volume is erased but the label is kept in the tapelist and the
43           log file. This function must be used if you manually made a copy of
44           the volume that you can manually restore.
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46           You should also mark the label as noreuse.
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48       --keep-label
49           Do not remove label from the tapelist. The volume become like a new
50           labelled tape and can be reused by any storage using the same
51           tape-pool.
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53       --list-retention
54           List all labels that are required for the policy of each storage.
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56       --list-no-retention
57           List all labels that are not required for the policy of each
58           storage. They are the volumes that can be reused.
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60       --remove-no-retention
61           Remove all labels that are not required for the policy of each
62           storage. Useful with --keep-label and/or --erase.
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64       --verbose, -v
65           List backups of hosts and disks that are being discarded. Enabled
66           by default.
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68       --quiet, -q
69           Opposite of -v.
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EXAMPLE

72       Remove tape labeled DAILY034 and DAILY035 from the DailySet1
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74       # amrmtape DailySet1 DAILY034 DAILY035
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SEE ALSO

77       amanda(8), amadmin(8)
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79       The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/
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AUTHORS

82       Adrian T. Filipi-Martin <atf3r@cs.virginia.edu>
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84       Stefan G. Weichinger <sgw@amanda.org>
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88Amanda 3.5.1                      12/01/2017                       AMRMTAPE(8)
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