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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2022
Dell Products, L.p., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Yuri Kotov, Saint Petersburg, RU;
Konstantin Neshin, Saint Petersburg, RU;
Kirill Moiseevskikh, Saint Petersburg, RU;
Dell Products, L.P., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Virtual tape emulation software on a Virtual Tape Emulator (VTE) assigns file systems labels based on the tape library name, the logical name of the storage array (from the VTE perspective), and the logical unit number (LUN) of the device on the VTE on which the file system is created. To prevent name conflicts within the VTE Operating System (VTEOS), a UDEV label translation process in the VTEOS creates a new label for the virtual tape file system that will be used by the VTEOS to identify the virtual tape file system. The label is created by concatenating the tape library ID, and the storage system identifier and the device identifier derived from the device World Wide Name (WWN). Since the label is unique within the VTE, UDEV label translation enables the VTEOS to differentiate between multiple replicated copies of the same virtual tape file system.