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

SEE ALSO

       amanda(8), amadmin(8)

       The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/

AUTHORS

       Adrian T. Filipi-Martin <atf3r@cs.virginia.edu>

       Stefan G. Weichinger <sgw@amanda.org>

Amanda 3.5.1                                       12/01/2017                                        AMRMTAPE(8)