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Media and drive validation in a storage library

  • US 9,368,147 B2
  • Filed: 09/27/2013
  • Issued: 06/14/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A storage library system comprising:

  • a plurality of media slots, at least some having tangible storage media disposed therein;

    a plurality of media drives that operate to receive the tangible storage medium for reading or writing;

    a robotic assembly that operates to ferry the storage media between the media slots and the media drives; and

    at least one processor that operates to communicate with the robotic assembly and at least one host application, and to perform steps comprising;

    assigning at least one of the storage media to a target media pool of media/drive validation;

    assigning at least one of the media drives to a target drive resource pool of the media/drive validation; and

    executing the media/drive validation by;

    instructing the robotic assembly to move the at least one storage medium to the at least one media drive; and

    instructing the at least one media drive to execute the media/drive validation using the at least one storage medium,wherein the assigning steps are performed in a manner that maintains visibility of the at least one storage medium by the at least one host application during the media/drive validation of the at least one storage medium and hides visibility of the at least one media drive from the at least one host application during the media/drive validation of the at least one media drive.

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