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Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 07, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Shawn M. Nave, Tucson, AZ (US);

Lee Jesionowski, Tucson, AZ (US);

Michael Philip McIntosh, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/43 (2006.01); G11B 15/46 (2006.01); G11B 15/32 (2006.01); G11B 5/008 (2006.01); G11B 15/093 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/32 (2013.01); G11B 5/00813 (2013.01); G11B 15/093 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes instructing performance of a data operation on a magnetic recording tape using a primary drive, wherein the primary drive rewinds the magnetic recording tape onto a spool at a first tension. The method also includes instructing transfer of the magnetic recording tape to a rewinder drive after performance of the data operation and instructing the rewinder drive to perform a low-tension rewind operation. The low-tension rewind operation includes unspooling the magnetic recording tape from the spool and rewinding the magnetic recording tape onto the spool at a second tension lower than the first tension.


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