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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2005
Jean Rawwei Chang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Erika Marianna Dawson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jon Arthur Lynds, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Ray Noel, Tucson, AZ (US);
Linda Jean Schiltz, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Michael William Wood, Warwick, GB;
Jean Rawwei Chang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Erika Marianna Dawson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jon Arthur Lynds, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Ray Noel, Tucson, AZ (US);
Linda Jean Schiltz, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Michael William Wood, Warwick, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for enforcing policy controls for non-system managed tape media. The apparatus includes an operating system configured to communicate with a tape media drive, and an identification module configured to identify a tape media type of a tape media cartridge. The apparatus may also include a policy module configured to maintain control policies for tape media types, and a media control module configured to enforce the control policies. The system includes a computing system having a processor, a cache, an operating system, and a plurality of input/output interfaces, a tape media drive coupled to the computing system, and the apparatus. The method includes communicating with a tape media drive, identifying a tape media type of a tape media cartridge, maintaining a plurality of control policies for tape media types, and enforcing the plurality of control policies.