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Tape library initiated media verification

US11294575B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Bernd Freitag · Partenheim, DE
Frank Krick · Ockenheim, DE
Tim Oswald · Gimbsheim, DE
Harald Seipp · Mainz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 7, 2019
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 28, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/004
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for verification of content of tape cartridges in a tape library system using tape drives of the tape library, is provided. The method includes instructing the tape drive to perform tape cartridge verification on the tape cartridge. The method further includes after completion of the tape cartridge verification, unloading the tape cartridge to its original storage position. The method further includes transmitting verification data of the tape cartridge verification to a database of the tape library system for analysis.

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