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 with one or more computer processors 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, wherein removal of the first association deactivates the first media management module and wherein formation of the second association activates the second media management module so that the control of the media volume shifts to the second media management module;
storing in a first index with one or more computer processors 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 with one or more computer processors 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 with one or more computer processors 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, wherein removal of the first association deactivates the first media management module and wherein formation of the second association activates the second media management module so that the control of the media volume shifts to the second media management module; storing in a first index with one or more computer processors 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 with one or more computer processors 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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