INVENTORY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DATA STORAGE SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data storage system that allows a system operator to reboot the data storage system without an inventory. SOLUTION: This invention provides the inventory control apparatus (10) for the data storage system (12). A first setting (18) causes the data storage system (12) to inventory a data cartridge storage location of the data storage system (12) after the data storage system (12) has undergone a power cycle. The second setting (20) causes the data storage system (12) to not perform an inventory after the data storage system (12) has undergone the power cycle.