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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2004
James Arthur Fisher, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jonathan Wayne Peake, Tucson, AZ (US);
Christine Lynette Telford, Tucson, AZ (US);
James Arthur Fisher, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jonathan Wayne Peake, Tucson, AZ (US);
Christine Lynette Telford, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed to shutdown a library manager while the library system remains in a partially online state. A message module is included to send a suspend message to a host such that the host stops sending library manager commands, a shutdown module is included to shutdown a library manager while a data storage device remains coupled to the host in an online state, a startup module is included to restart the library manager in response to a completed library manager maintenance operation, and a resume module is included to send a resume message to the host that the library manager is available for library manager commands.