eject tape using command-line backup commands and scheduled tasks

On an XP machine, I've used scheduled tasks to eject the previous night's
backup tape.
For example:
....rsm eject /pf"Tuesdays" /aStart...
and likewise for tapes called Mondays, Tuesdays, etc. However, the default
SBS backup creates tapes with names like "Media created 16/05/2007 at 23:00"
which are different each time. Any way around this? Just a small thing,
but getting rid of that twenty seconds or so each evening waiting for the
previous tape to eject would be one more little source of stress eliminated.

I used this to eject by device name (a DDS4 drive). The tapename doesn't
matter for this:

REM Eject the DDS media
C:\WINDOWS\system32\rsm.exe eject /LF"Hewlett Packard DDS4 drive" /astart

--
Allan Williams



"Neil Hoskins" <NeilHremovethisbit@andthisbitChiltern-Thermo.co.uk> wrote in
message news:uXNHq77lHHA.1820@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> On an XP machine, I've used scheduled tasks to eject the previous night's
> backup tape.
> For example:
> ...rsm eject /pf"Tuesdays" /aStart...
> and likewise for tapes called Mondays, Tuesdays, etc. However, the
> default SBS backup creates tapes with names like "Media created 16/05/2007
> at 23:00" which are different each time. Any way around this? Just a
> small thing, but getting rid of that twenty seconds or so each evening
> waiting for the previous tape to eject would be one more little source of
> stress eliminated.
>

Bonza! Thanks, I'll give it a try.

"Al Williams" <donotreplydirect@usenewsgroup.com> wrote in message
news:eySm0L8lHHA.1624@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I used this to eject by device name (a DDS4 drive). The tapename doesn't
>matter for this:
>
> REM Eject the DDS media
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\rsm.exe eject /LF"Hewlett Packard DDS4 drive" /astart
>
> --
> Allan Williams
>
>
>
> "Neil Hoskins" <NeilHremovethisbit@andthisbitChiltern-Thermo.co.uk> wrote
> in message news:uXNHq77lHHA.1820@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> On an XP machine, I've used scheduled tasks to eject the previous night's
>> backup tape.
>> For example:
>> ...rsm eject /pf"Tuesdays" /aStart...
>> and likewise for tapes called Mondays, Tuesdays, etc. However, the
>> default SBS backup creates tapes with names like "Media created
>> 16/05/2007 at 23:00" which are different each time. Any way around this?
>> Just a small thing, but getting rid of that twenty seconds or so each
>> evening waiting for the previous tape to eject would be one more little
>> source of stress eliminated.
>>
>
>

Forgot to mention you'll need to change the "Hewlett Packard DDS4 drive"
part to match your hardware. I think you can get the device names with
other RSM commands or in the management GUI.

--
Allan Williams



"Neil Hoskins" <NeilHremovethisbit@andthisbitChiltern-Thermo.co.uk> wrote in
message news:uy66P38lHHA.4840@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Bonza! Thanks, I'll give it a try.
>
> "Al Williams" <donotreplydirect@usenewsgroup.com> wrote in message
> news:eySm0L8lHHA.1624@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I used this to eject by device name (a DDS4 drive). The tapename doesn't
>>matter for this:
>>
>> REM Eject the DDS media
>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\rsm.exe eject /LF"Hewlett Packard DDS4 drive" /astart
>>
>> --
>> Allan Williams
>>
>>
>>
>> "Neil Hoskins" <NeilHremovethisbit@andthisbitChiltern-Thermo.co.uk> wrote
>> in message news:uXNHq77lHHA.1820@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> On an XP machine, I've used scheduled tasks to eject the previous
>>> night's backup tape.
>>> For example:
>>> ...rsm eject /pf"Tuesdays" /aStart...
>>> and likewise for tapes called Mondays, Tuesdays, etc. However, the
>>> default SBS backup creates tapes with names like "Media created
>>> 16/05/2007 at 23:00" which are different each time. Any way around
>>> this? Just a small thing, but getting rid of that twenty seconds or so
>>> each evening waiting for the previous tape to eject would be one more
>>> little source of stress eliminated.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

I figure that one out, thanks, it works a treat.

"Al Williams" <donotreplydirect@usenewsgroup.com> wrote in message
news:elF3W5$lHHA.3980@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Forgot to mention you'll need to change the "Hewlett Packard DDS4 drive"
> part to match your hardware. I think you can get the device names with
> other RSM commands or in the management GUI.
>
> --
> Allan Williams
>
>
>
> "Neil Hoskins" <NeilHremovethisbit@andthisbitChiltern-Thermo.co.uk> wrote
> in message news:uy66P38lHHA.4840@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Bonza! Thanks, I'll give it a try.
>>
>> "Al Williams" <donotreplydirect@usenewsgroup.com> wrote in message
>> news:eySm0L8lHHA.1624@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>I used this to eject by device name (a DDS4 drive). The tapename doesn't
>>>matter for this:
>>>
>>> REM Eject the DDS media
>>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\rsm.exe eject /LF"Hewlett Packard DDS4 drive"
>>> /astart
>>>
>>> --
>>> Allan Williams
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Neil Hoskins" <NeilHremovethisbit@andthisbitChiltern-Thermo.co.uk>
>>> wrote in message news:uXNHq77lHHA.1820@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> On an XP machine, I've used scheduled tasks to eject the previous
>>>> night's backup tape.
>>>> For example:
>>>> ...rsm eject /pf"Tuesdays" /aStart...
>>>> and likewise for tapes called Mondays, Tuesdays, etc. However, the
>>>> default SBS backup creates tapes with names like "Media created
>>>> 16/05/2007 at 23:00" which are different each time. Any way around
>>>> this? Just a small thing, but getting rid of that twenty seconds or so
>>>> each evening waiting for the previous tape to eject would be one more
>>>> little source of stress eliminated.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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