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                [--keep-label] [--quiet] [-q] [--verbose] [-v] config label
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DESCRIPTION

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

21       --changer changer-name
22           Specify which changer to use when erasing label
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24       --cleanup
25           Remove logs and indexes associated with label. Otherwise, they´ll
26           remain until the next run of amdump.
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28       --dryrun, -n
29           Generate new tapelist(5) and database files with label removed, but
30           leave them in /tmp and do not update the original copies.
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32       --erase
33           Attempt to erase the data contained on the volume with the given
34           label. This requires that Amanda be able to find that volume using
35           the tape changer. Erasure is not supported by all Amanda devices,
36           and the erasure is not "secure" in the sense that the data can most
37           likely be recovered by someone with the right tools.
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39       --keep-label
40           Do not remove label from the tapelist.
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42       --verbose, -v
43           List backups of hosts and disks that are being discarded. Enabled
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46       --quiet, -q
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EXAMPLE

50       Remove tape labeled DAILY034 from the DailySet1 configuration.
51       # amrmtape DailySet1 DAILY034
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SEE ALSO

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

59       Adrian T. Filipi-Martin <atf3r@cs.virginia.edu>
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61       Stefan G. Weichinger <sgw@amanda.org>
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65Amanda 3.1.3                      10/04/2010                       AMRMTAPE(8)
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