amrmtape - remove a tape from the Amanda database
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]*
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.
--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.
Remove tape labeled DAILY034 and DAILY035 from the
DailySet1 configuration.
# amrmtape DailySet1 DAILY034 DAILY035
Adrian T. Filipi-Martin <atf3r@cs.virginia.edu>
Stefan G. Weichinger <sgw@amanda.org>