发明名称 |
METHOD FOR VERIFYING AVAILABILITY OF DATA SPACE IN VIRTUAL TAPE SYSTEM |
摘要 |
A method for verifying availability of reusable data space on a selected virtual scratch tape in a virtual tape system utilizes volume label information routinely maintained in an external tape inventory management arrangement to generate labels separate from the actual volume labels stored on a corresponding tape. The volume labels are generated in a format compatible for input to an external tape management system after the selected virtual scratch tape has been mounted on a virtual tape drive. The "on-the-fly" generation of the separate volume labels based on preexisting label information allows the present invention to significantly reduce processing time and needless data transfers typically required to verify whether a scratch tape can in fact be reused, thereby increasing overall efficiency in data storage management and storage space utilization.
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申请公布号 |
WO0002124(A2) |
申请公布日期 |
2000.01.13 |
申请号 |
WO1999US14538 |
申请日期 |
1999.06.28 |
申请人 |
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION |
发明人 |
BLENDERMANN, STEPHEN, H.;SUTTON, ALAN, R. |
分类号 |
G06F12/00;G06F12/08;(IPC1-7):G06F12/00;G06F3/00 |
主分类号 |
G06F12/00 |
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