Method, apparatus, and program for determining correct cartridge orientation in an automated tape library
US6722564B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 6, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 17, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B15/689
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An automated media library gathers information about each readable cartridge label using a camera. From the label information, the orientation of the cartridge may be determined. For each cartridge with an unreadable label or no label, the media library attempts a get/put operation. If the get/put operation fails, the cartridge is marked as incorrectly oriented. Alternatively, the tape library may attempt a get/put operation on all removable media cartridges. A similar process is performed when a cartridge access port is closed and the cartridge access port is marked inaccessible to the host when an incorrectly oriented cartridge is detected.
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