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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2005
Nils Haustein, Zornheim, DE;
Craig A. Klein, Tucson, AZ (US);
Ulf Troppens, Mainz, DE;
Josef Weingand, Bad Bayersoien, DE;
Daniel J. Winarski, Tucson, AZ (US);
Nils Haustein, Zornheim, DE;
Craig A. Klein, Tucson, AZ (US);
Ulf Troppens, Mainz, DE;
Josef Weingand, Bad Bayersoien, DE;
Daniel J. Winarski, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method to store data is disclosed. The method provides a plurality of data storage media, an automated data library comprising one or more data storage devices, a first plurality of storage cells, and a robotic accessor. The method further provides a storage vault comprising a second plurality of storage cells but no data storage devices. The method selects the (i)th data storage medium and sets the (i)th data state, where that (i)th data state is selected from the group consisting of online, offline, and vault. If the method sets the (i)th data state is set to online, then the method mounts that (i)th data storage medium in one of the data storage devices. If the method sets the (i)th data state to offline, then the method removeably places the (i)th data storage medium in one of the first plurality of storage cells. If the method sets the (i)th data state is set to vault, then the method places the (i)th data storage medium in one of the second plurality of storage cells.