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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2006
Applicant:
Ranjit Kumar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ranjit Kumar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Determining efficiently whether it is necessary to re-inventory a storage media library, such as a tape library, is disclosed. It is determined whether a first number computed based at least in part on at least a portion of a new inventory data is the same as a second number computed based at least in part on a corresponding stored inventory data. An update of the stored inventory data is initiated if it is determined that the first number is not the same as the second number.