Can you timeout jobs which are 'loading'?

[paulmew]

Our clients use BackupExec, mostly version 8.x. The problem is when someone on site forgets to replace the tape during the day. When the scheduled backup runs at night, if the tape has not been replaced (the job is set to eject on completion) then the job will sit at 'loading' waiting for the tape to be inserted. If they then come in the next day and remembers to insert the tape, the backup runs immediately (as its waiting for the tape from the night before), usually failing because there are loads of open files.

So my question is, can you force a job to abort if it is unable to load the tape within the first, say, 10 mins?

Thanks in advance for the help.