Well you definitely can do the rewind/unload with mt commands but as
another poster already mentioned you'd then want to use robtest to move
it from the drive to cap slot/exit port or to a storage slot.  If you
have to use robtest anyway why not use the "unload" feature of robtest
which will cause it to rewind/unload then you can use the move it with
robtest while you're there.

There are however occasions I've seen that an mt (or st depending on
UNIX flavor) command has worked for the rewind/unload when robtest
hasn't.  I saw it a lot more on Solaris than on HP-UX.   

Even after all the above your inventory is out of whack - you need to
remember to go in and updated NetBackup inventory to reflect the fact
the tape is no longer where NBU thinks it is.

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Nope - bad idea.

If this is an in-library tape, it'll rewind, eject, and most libraries
will just ignore it.  You'll get a drive-down error next time the
library tries to insert a tape in this drive (and finds a tape already
hanging out of it this failing the tape mount).  Some libraries will
detect this and reslot the tape but it's not dependable.

-M 

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    0n Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 02:20:02AM -0400, NBU wrote: 

    >I need to eject media from library through solaris server attached
to it.
    >Can someone help me with the command format for ejecting medias
through solaris.

#mt -f </path/to/device/file> rewoffl

 -aW

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