Recording errors in tape drives
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Abstract
Exemplary tape library architectures and methods for recording errors in a tape drive are described. One exemplar method may be implemented in a processor a tape drive controller. The method comprises receiving, in a tape drive controller, an external identifier associated with a tape cartridge, recording the external identifier in a memory location associated with the tape drive controller, and associating, in a subsequent error analysis routine, an error in the tape drive with the external identifier of the tape cartridge in the tape drive.
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24 Claims
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6. A method of operating a tape library, comprising:
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reading, at a library controller, an external identifier associated with a tape cartridge;
loading the tape cartridge into a tape drive controlled by a drive controller;
transmitting an electronic indicia of the external identifier to the drive controller;
recording the electronic indicia of the external identifier in a memory medium associated with the tape cartridge;
in a subsequent error analysis, associating an error in the tape drive with the external identifier of the tape cartridge in the tape drive, wherein the external identifier comprises a bar code;
reading, at a library controller, an external identifier associated with a tape cartridge comprises executing a command at the library controller to read the bar code; and
verifying the format of the external identifier. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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7. (canceled)
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8. (canceled)
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13. A tape library, comprising:
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a housing for receiving at least one tape cartridge;
a library controller comprising a first processor module and a memory module communicatively connected to the processor module;
a tape drive controller comprising a second processor module and a memory module communicatively connected to the processor module, wherein the library controller executes logic instructions that cause the first processor module to read an external identifier associated with a tape cartridge and to transmit an electronic indicia of the external identifier to the tape drive controller, and wherein the tape drive controller records the electronic indicia of the external identifier in a memory medium associated with a tape cartridge, and when an error occurs, records the electronic indicia of the external identifier in a log maintained by the tape drive controller. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of operating a tape library, comprising:
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executing a command to read, at a library controller, an external identifier associated with a tape cartridge;
verifying the format of the external identifier;
loading the tape cartridge into a tape drive controlled by a drive controller;
transmitting an electronic indicia of the external identifier to the drive controller;
recording the electronic indicia of the external identifier in a memory medium associated with the tape cartridge; and
in a subsequent error analysis, associating an error in the tape drive with the external identifier of the tape cartridge in the tape drive. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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