Networker

Re: [Networker] Stand Alone Tape Drive Unmounting

2005-05-04 11:31:04
Subject: Re: [Networker] Stand Alone Tape Drive Unmounting
From: Davina Treiber <Treiber AT HOTPOP DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 16:27:45 +0100
King, David - Eastman wrote:
> I have many sites that have no IT personnel.  Usually a business person
> (or sometimes a guard) physically changes the tape.   I have a Windows
> scheduled job to do a nsrmm -u after they are scheduled to change it,
> and since I have automedia manage on, the -u just re-reads the label.  
> 
> Now the -u physically ejects the tape from the drive, and the backups
> fail.   Now I have to change the jobs to run before they change it,
> and/or retrain all of my users.

Incidentally, the man pages for 7.1.1 do not describe it in the way you
explain - according to them there is still a difference between -u and -j.

--
Note: To sign off this list, send a "signoff networker" command via email
to listserv AT listserv.temple DOT edu or visit the list's Web site at
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/networker.html where you can
also view and post messages to the list. Questions regarding this list
should be sent to stan AT temple DOT edu
=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=