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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1995
Kelly J Reasoner, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Rick A Kato, Greeley, CO (US);
David P Jones, Bellvue, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An online repairable multiple drive library computer system, and method of online drive repair for repairing same, wherein the method comprises the steps of detecting that a drive has failed, placing the failed drive in an offline state, removing power to the failed drive, disconnecting any cabling attached to the failed drive, replacing the failed drive, reconnecting cabling to the replaced drive, restoring power to the replaced drive, and placing the replaced drive in an online state. All of the steps occur while one or more good drives in the multiple drive library computer system remain online, and accessible to a host.