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Hi Craig,
Yea... tried that in the extensive testing with L1 and L2 engineers.
The current behaviour of BEWS is to have a hissy fit and spit the tape (not the dummy). Whereas changing this from a default behaviour would, as far as I can see, only improve the recoverability of otherwise lost jobs.
Come to think of it, I can't actually think of a scenario where ejecting the tape, by default, is a good idea at all... Can you think of any?
Surely the only time the tape shoul dbe ejected as the immediate default behaviour would be if the tape is full or the job, has finished, and if the job definition specifies it. If the remote operator wants to eject a tape there are many ways this can be done. If somebody is on site and only has physical access to the tape drive, they can also eject the tape. Why make it the default action and only increase the chances of jobs failing? As long as your media protection is set correctly you should never need to have the tape ejected as a default action, unless the media fills up or the job has finished. The latter of which I do not have set for this job.
Note to all of you who are saying this is the way it has always been done. Stating this does not help us. I am not disputing how long this has been the behaviour. I am challenging what I think is, at best, a great improvement for the product and, at worst, a fix for a design flaw.
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