03-04-2017 01:52 PM
I have 3 jobs which first backup to disk concurrently and then duplicate to tape sequentially. I want to eject the tape after those 3 jobs write to tape. The content size of all 3 are almost equal, therefore it is difficult to determine the order of request for tape drive.
I know that any job which requires a tape drive will till its turn, jobs are given a chance in the order of request, FIFO, if job priority is equal.
This is my question, can I schedule an eject at 07:00 AM and expect the eject to wait for its turn till all other jobs in the queue complete? Or will the eject trump over all others and run immediately even when (A) Another job is writing to the tape or (B) When another job is writing to the tape and there is yet another job waiting to write after the working job and before the eject?
03-05-2017 10:41 PM
03-11-2017 07:58 AM - edited 03-11-2017 08:00 AM
Scheduling an eject is possible but not a fix;
My question is not whether I can schedule an eject, my question is whether a scheduled eject will wait for the job to complete or would it interrupt a running job
03-12-2017 01:20 PM
03-13-2017 07:36 AM
Are you using a single stand-alone tape drive (which would be an Eject) or are you using a tape library (which would be an export)?
Ejects CAN be scheduled, at least in BE 15, but I am not sure about the queueing. One workaround idea is to add a 4th small (a single file is fine) backup with the "eject after job completes" option checked and schedule it at the END of your backup window. That way it will only run/eject if the backup queue is clear.