Hi John,
   Any chance you could post the job stream for that second job?  That sounds
useful for other things as well :)

Art "Always trying to avoid re-inventing the wheel! hehe" Bahrs

>>> John Zoltak <[log in to unmask]> 01/15/98 07:53am >>>
Svein,
        My solution to the hung backup problem is this. Our backup job
starts at 3:00 am and usually takes 1:30 to run. When the backup runs =
it
also schedules a job at 5:10 am. This job checks to see it the backup =
is
still running. If not it just ends. If still running it will abortjob
the backup, abortio the tape device, and reply no to any outstanding
replies for the tape device. This usually aborts the backup job.
Hope this helps.
John Zoltak
North American Mfg Co