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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2005
Gary Anna, Tucson, AZ (US);
Brian Gerard Goodman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Leonard George Jesionowski, Tucson, AZ (US);
Timothy Keith Pierce, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gary Anna, Tucson, AZ (US);
Brian Gerard Goodman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Leonard George Jesionowski, Tucson, AZ (US);
Timothy Keith Pierce, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for managing control path commands in an automated data storage library. The present invention teaches a data storage library with stored data and at least one controller. The present invention also teaches at least one command source that provides commands to the data storage library via at least one control path. The data storage library stores a last successful command for each control path in the data storage library, receives a new command from a control path, compares the new command with one or more of the last successful commands, and executes the new command if the new command is unique.