James Harper wrote:
> I'm not sure exactly what form this should take so this is a discussion
> and not an actual feature request...
> 
> Basically I need to be able to run a job to eject the tape. Under some
> configurations this works as an Admin job but when the sd is not on the
> same machine as the dir it is less easy. It can be fiddled around via
> the use of ssh but I think this is cumbersome (to the point where I'd
> rather code one of the following solutions myself than try and implement
> it :)
> 
> So... I have a few ideas about how this could work:
> 
> 1. "Storage Run After Job". This doesn't exist afaik and could be a nice
> solution in that it might be useful for other things than just ejecting
> a tape. It doesn't take care of the unmount and mount required for the
> eject operation though.
> 
> 2. "Type = Eject" job. This would be a new job type in the director and
> modifications to the sd to implement it. The actual eject operation
> could be a command line (eg 'Eject Command = "/bin/mt -f /dev/nst0
> eject"') if that makes things more useful.
> 
> I like the second option better... Kern: If you got a patch that
> implemented an Eject job would you think about accepting it?

FYI, Kern isn't on this list.

I will continue this discussion on the other thread.

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