SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING MEDIA IN A COMPUTER NETWORK
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1. A method for dynamically sharing a media volume in a network, the method comprising:
- instructing, in response to a volume sharing request, removal of a first association between a first media management module and a media volume;
determining an availability of a second media management module different than the first media management module;
instructing formation of a second association between the second media management module and the media volume;
storing in a first index a first access path to the media volume, the first index being maintained by the second media management module; and
storing in a second index a second access path to the media volume, the second index being maintained by a storage manager module executing on a computing device.
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Abstract
A computerized method for sharing removable storage media in a network, the method comprising associating, in an index entry, a first piece of removable storage media in a first storage device with at least a first storage policy copy and a second storage policy copy; copying, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the first storage policy copy; and copying, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the second storage policy copy.
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1. A method for dynamically sharing a media volume in a network, the method comprising:
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instructing, in response to a volume sharing request, removal of a first association between a first media management module and a media volume; determining an availability of a second media management module different than the first media management module; instructing formation of a second association between the second media management module and the media volume; storing in a first index a first access path to the media volume, the first index being maintained by the second media management module; and storing in a second index a second access path to the media volume, the second index being maintained by a storage manager module executing on a computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for dynamically sharing a media volume in a network, the system comprising:
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a storage manager module executing on a computing device; a first media management module communicatively coupled to a media volume and the storage manager module; a second media management module communicatively coupled to the media volume and the storage manager module; wherein the storage manager module is programmed to; instruct the termination of a first association between the first media management module and the media volume, and instruct the formation of a second association between the second media management module and the media volume; a first index associated with the second media management module, the first index storing data relating to the second association between the second media management module and the media volume; and a second index associated with the storage manager module, the second index storing data relating to the second association between the second media management module and the media volume. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for dynamically sharing media in a network, the system comprising:
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first means for (i) instructing, in response to a volume sharing request, removal of a first association between a first media management module and a storage media, (ii) determining an availability of a second media management module different than the first media management module, and (iii) instructing formation of a second association between the second media management module and the storage media; second means for storing a first access path to the storage media, said means for storing the first access path being maintained by said second media management module; and third means for storing a second access path to the storage media, said means for storing the second access path being maintained by said first means. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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