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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Yukio Taniyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhiko Hanaoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Yukio Taniyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhiko Hanaoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A virtual library apparatus includes an exclusive control section that exclusively secures a logical drive and a physical drive according to an instruction from a host at a time of an occurrence of an error in the physical drive and a diagnostic section that performs a diagnostic process on the exclusively secured physical drive through the exclusively secured logical drive. The exclusive control section releases the exclusively secured logical and physical drives after the diagnostic section completes the diagnostic process for the physical drive.