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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ernest S. Gale, Tucson, AZ (US);
Icko E. T. Iben, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Leonard G. Jesionowski, Tucson, AZ (US);
James M. Karp, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael P. McIntosh, Tucson, AZ (US);
Shawn M. Nave, Tucson, AZ (US);
Lee C. Randall, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A data storage library system includes at least one data storage library comprising at least one library frame and at least one environmental conditioning unit, the at least one environmental conditioning unit configured to control one or more environmental conditions within the at least one library frame. The system further includes at least one access door for providing access to an interior portion of the data storage library, a library controller, and at least one warning indicator associated with the data storage library and in electronic communication with the library controller. The at least one warning indicator is configured to provide an indication to an operator when the conditions within the data storage library are such that the at least one access door may be opened and when the conditions within the data storage library are such that the access door should not be opened.