摘要 |
<p>An online repairable multiple drive library computer system (44), and method of online drive repair for repairing same, wherein the method comprises the steps of detecting that a drive (160) has failed, placing the failed drive (160) in an offline state, removing power to the failed drive (160), disconnecting any cabling (206) attached to the failed drive (160), replacing the failed drive (160), reconnecting cabling (206) to the replaced drive (160), restoring power to the replaced drive (160), and placing the replaced drive (160) in an online state. All of the steps occur while one or more good drives (150-159) in the multiple drive library computer system (44) remain online, and accessible to a host (48). <IMAGE></p> |