Hi,
 
Another solution:  Abort the backup if it takes more than a predetermined
amount of time.  When my backup signs on, it immediately streams another
job, using the in= parm.  When the backup finishes, it aborts the
pending ABORTER job.
 
--john sullivan
 
On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, Chris Michael wrote:
 
> I have two remote sites where we've set up backups to run as jobs
> automatically--all the people there have to do is remember to put in a tape.
> Unfortunately when they forget the backup runs, locks all the files, and then
> patiently waits.  When the users get in in they can't work--then I get a
> wakeup call.  Since one of the sites is Milan, the wakeup call is about 2am.
>
> Is there any way to test for the presence of a tape (scsi dat) mounted from a
> job stream?  With roadrunner, since I can append multiple backups to the same
> tape, I can do a backup on an unimportant fileset first.  If it hangs, at
> least the whole system isn't locked--but there's got to be a more elegant
> solution.
>
> Chris
> --
> christopher michael, george s. may international, 708-825-8806 x 395
>
 
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