[Bacula-users] Automatic tape drive unload?

Hello,

I'm new to Bacula and still learning the concepts of it. So maybe I've overlooked that in the documentation but there is one thing I couldn't figure out right now:

Is it possible to unload a tape drive automatically after it has been idle for a specified period of time?

I'm asking that question because I remember the problems with the earlier DLT drives where tape and head sticked together because of the heat... And second it's much better for the durability of a tape to be in its cartridge.

I tried setting "AlwaysOpen = no "but that caused a huge performance penalty during migration...

Oh, BTW: It's a StorageTek L20 tape library with two IBM LTO-1 drives. Library and drives are defined as follows:

Autochanger {
Name = L20
Device = L20-Drive-0
Device = L20-Drive-1
Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/scripts/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
Changer Device = /dev/sg1
}

Device {
Name = L20-Drive-0 #
Drive Index = 0
Media Type = LTO-1
Device Type = Tape
Archive Device = /dev/nst0
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
AutomaticMount = yes;
AlwaysOpen = yes;
RemovableMedia = yes;
RandomAccess = no;
AutoChanger = yes
Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'"
}

[Second drive omitted because identical to first]

Maybe someone knows a solution?

TNX!

Regards

Dirk

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