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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2005
Frank D. Gallo, Tucson, AZ (US);
Theresa M. Lopez, Tucson, AZ (US);
Steven N. Pierce, Tucson, AZ (US);
Timothy K. Pierce, Tucson, AZ (US);
Frank D. Gallo, Tucson, AZ (US);
Theresa M. Lopez, Tucson, AZ (US);
Steven N. Pierce, Tucson, AZ (US);
Timothy K. Pierce, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for assigning element addresses in an automated data storage library includes determining if a data storage device, such as a tape cartridge, belongs to a particular host's cartridge assignment policy. If so, the data storage device is issued a virtual import/export element address taken from a set of non-common virtual import/export element addresses, if available. If no non-common address is available, then a common virtual import/export element address is assigned to the data storage device. If no addresses, either common or non-common, are available, then the data storage device is queued until an address becomes available.