control Tape Eject

[Rditi]

Hello everybody,

i have a stand alone tape drive and after backup finishes i do not want the tape to eject from drive, i want to use for another backup policy and i'm accessing the server remotely. Is there any way to control the eject of the tape after backup finishes?

thank you in advance :)

[Nicolai · Accepted solution]

The unload feature can be changed using the following command:

nbemmcmd -changesetting -machinename {name-of-server} -DO_NOT_EJECT_STANDALONE
0|1|no|yes] 

Page 536  - Symantec NetBackup 7.6 Commands Reference Guide

http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC6489

Howver Netbackup does not mix volume pools and retensions on tape. Ensure other policy has same settins. Alternative allow Netbackup to mix retentions using :

nbemmcmd -changesetting -machinename string  -ALLOW_MULTIPLE_RETENTIONS_PER_MEDIA  0|1|no|yes

[Marianne]

Check this setting in EMM database:

nbemmcmd -listsettings -machinename <server-name>  |grep -i standalone
DISABLE_STANDALONE_DRIVE_EXTENSIONS="no"
DO_NOT_EJECT_STANDALONE="no"

To change:

nbemmcmd -changesetting -do_not_eject_standalone yes -machinename <server-name>

**** EDIT ****

Way too slow!! 
Had to look this up and test it before posting.  :) :)

I could not get the command to work with setting in uppercase.
Kept on getting 'Missing option character on parameter.'

Only worked when I did it in lowercase as per my example above.