Tape drive error management
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1. A method of recording an error in a tape drive, comprising:
- transferring a tape cartridge to a tape drive having a tape drive controller after reading an external identifier on the tape cartridge with a tape library controller;
reading, with the tape drive controller, an internal identifier of the tape cartridge;
receiving, in the tape library controller, the internal identifier associated with the tape cartridge;
recording, in a memory medium associated with the tape library controller, the internal identifier; and
associating, in the memory medium, the internal identifier with the external identifier associated with the tape cartridge.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method of recording an error in a tape drive, comprises receiving, in a tape library controller, an internal identifier associated with a tape cartridge; recording, in a memory medium associated with the tape library controller, the internal identifier; associating, in the memory medium, the internal identifier with an external identifier associated with the tape cartridge; and providing information in the memory medium to identify the tape cartridge in a subsequent error analysis routine.
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1. A method of recording an error in a tape drive, comprising:
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transferring a tape cartridge to a tape drive having a tape drive controller after reading an external identifier on the tape cartridge with a tape library controller; reading, with the tape drive controller, an internal identifier of the tape cartridge; receiving, in the tape library controller, the internal identifier associated with the tape cartridge; recording, in a memory medium associated with the tape library controller, the internal identifier; and associating, in the memory medium, the internal identifier with the external identifier associated with the tape cartridge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. 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 first memory medium communicatively connected to the first processor module; a tape drive controller comprising a second processor module and a second memory medium communicatively connected to the second processor module, wherein the library controller executes logic instructions that cause the first processor module to; record an external identifier associated with a tape cartridge in the first memory medium; transfer the tape cartridge to a tape drive so the tape drive controller can read an internal identifier associated with the tape cartridge; request the internal identifier from the tape drive controller; and record the internal identifier in association with the external identifier in the first memory medium. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product comprising logic instructions stored on a computer readable medium which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to recording an error in a tape drive by performing operations, comprising:
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transferring a tape cartridge to a tape drive having a tape drive controller after reading an external identifier on the tape cartridge with a tape library controller; reading, with the tape drive controller, an internal identifier of the tape cartridge; receiving, in the tape library controller, the internal identifier associated with the tape cartridge; recording, in a memory medium associated with the tape library controller, the internal identifier; and associating, in the memory medium, the internal identifier with the external identifier associated with the tape cartridge. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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