I'm using dump to backup to tape. I used to run
and it would work perfectly until now. The backups span to a second tape and when done via cron, I get no visible prompt to change the tape. I've read 2 other articles on dump backups that said you can use dump via a cron job but this issue will happen when you span tapes and neither had a solution. I'm thinking there has to be a way to redirect the output to the screen even if it is via a cron job.

Does anyone know what a solution to this would be? I currently run this job manually no problem, but I'm leaving this job in a few days and the replacement is an OSS-ophobe. "simple" is a necessity, plus it will keep me from being tapped to come back and fix it everytime it goes wrong.

Thanks

Well yesterday was my last day, so it's someone elses problem now I guess.

Did you figure this out? Also, what kind of tape were you using?