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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuyuki Hirashima, Nagano, JP;
Fumio Matsuo, Nagano, JP;
Katsuo Enohara, Kawaguchi, JP;
Takaaki Yamato, Nagano, JP;
Tetsuya Kinoshita, Nagano, JP;
Takashi Murayama, Nagano, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A virtual tape device includes a first drive group of virtual tape drives, a first determination unit, and a first instruction unit. The first drive group is assigned to a first information processing apparatus. The first determination unit determines, upon receiving a first cleaning instruction for cleaning a first virtual tape drive included in the first drive group from the first information processing apparatus, whether the first cleaning instruction is to be output to a physical tape device connected to the virtual tape device. The first instruction unit instructs, when the first determination unit determines that the first cleaning instruction is to be output to the physical tape device, a first physical tape drive corresponding to the first virtual tape drive to perform cleaning. The first physical tape drive is included in the physical tape device.