James Harper wrote: > I'm not sure exactly what form this should take so this is a discussion > and not an actual feature request... > > Basically I need to be able to run a job to eject the tape. Under some > configurations this works as an Admin job but when the sd is not on the > same machine as the dir it is less easy. It can be fiddled around via > the use of ssh but I think this is cumbersome (to the point where I'd > rather code one of the following solutions myself than try and implement > it :) > > So... I have a few ideas about how this could work: > > 1. "Storage Run After Job". This doesn't exist afaik and could be a nice > solution in that it might be useful for other things than just ejecting > a tape. It doesn't take care of the unmount and mount required for the > eject operation though. > > 2. "Type = Eject" job. This would be a new job type in the director and > modifications to the sd to implement it. The actual eject operation > could be a command line (eg 'Eject Command = "/bin/mt -f /dev/nst0 > eject"') if that makes things more useful. > > I like the second option better... Kern: If you got a patch that > implemented an Eject job would you think about accepting it?
FYI, Kern isn't on this list. I will continue this discussion on the other thread. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
