Ubuntu Manpage: amrmtape - remove a tape from the Amanda database

Provided by: amanda-common_3.5.1-2ubuntu0.4_amd64

NAME

       amrmtape - remove a tape from the Amanda database

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       Amrmtape invalidates the contents of an existing backup tape in the configuration
       database. This is meant as a recovery mechanism when a good backup is damaged either by
       faulty hardware or user error, e.g. the tape is eaten by the drive or is overwritten.

       See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.

OPTIONS

--changer changer-name
Specify which changer to use when erasing label

--cleanup
Remove logs and indexes associated with label. Otherwise, they'll remain until the
next run of amdump.

--dryrun, -n
Generate new tapelist(5) and database files with label removed, but leave them in /tmp
and do not update the original copies.

--erase
Attempt to erase the data contained on the volume with the given label. This requires
that Amanda be able to find that volume using the tape changer. Erasure is not
supported by all Amanda devices, and the erasure is not "secure" in the sense that the
data can most likely be recovered by someone with the right tools.

--external-copy
The volume is erased but the label is kept in the tapelist and the log file. This
function must be used if you manually made a copy of the volume that you can manually
restore.

You should also mark the label as noreuse.

--keep-label
Do not remove label from the tapelist. The volume become like a new labelled tape and
can be reused by any storage using the same tape-pool.

--list-retention
List all labels that are required for the policy of each storage.

--list-no-retention
List all labels that are not required for the policy of each storage. They are the
volumes that can be reused.

--remove-no-retention
Remove all labels that are not required for the policy of each storage. Useful with
--keep-label and/or --erase.

--verbose, -v
List backups of hosts and disks that are being discarded. Enabled by default.

--quiet, -q
Opposite of -v.

EXAMPLE

       Remove tape labeled DAILY034 and DAILY035 from the DailySet1 configuration.
       # amrmtape DailySet1 DAILY034 DAILY035

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