Eject script for standalone tape drive in Linux/Unix (4045789)

Date: 02/2007
Affected NV Version: All
OS Version: Linux/Unix
Plugin version: N/A
Application version: N/A


Description:
Have a standalone drive, and need to make it so people other than NetVault administrators can change tapes, when tapes fill up.

Symptoms:
By pressing the eject button on the drive, NetVault is not informed that the tape has been ejected, and is not informed when the new tape is inserted, so jobs continue to wait for media.

Create a script people other than NetVault administrators can run, that will eject the tape.

1. Create and Edit a file named EjectTape
2. Put the lines below in the file.
#!/bin/sh
/usr/netvault/util/nvdeviceeject -devicename -NAW0627: /Standalone
3. Edit the 'NAW0627: /Standalone' to match your drives name.
4. Change the path to nvdeviceeject if NetVault is installed someplace else.
5. Save the file, and exit the editor
6. Type 'chmod 744 EjectTape'