System utility for controling data synchronization in a tape data storage system
US8760781B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 7, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 7, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/90
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method, apparatus and computer-program product for writing data to a tape data storage medium. The method comprises providing a system service that an application invokes to handle data synchronization events associated with writing a group of files to the tape medium; keeping track of the files and data blocks in each file while writing the files to the tape medium based on file boundaries; and responsive to a data writing failure, invoking the system service to determine the files affected by the data writing failure.
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