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 > john sullivan [log in to unmask] http://www.interex.org/~sullivan/ irc: irc.interex.org phone: 408 747 0227