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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kevin D. Butt, Tucson, AZ (US);

Ernest S. Gale, Tucson, AZ (US);

Pamela R. Nylander-Hill, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G11B 27/36 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/36 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G11B 2220/90 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method according to one embodiment includes monitoring a plurality of parameters relating to operation of a tape drive to collect data from the operation of the tape drive. A specification of one or more of the parameters to log during one or more collection windows is received. At least some of the data collected from the operation of the tape drive is logged to a memory during the one or more collection windows, where the at least some of the data collected is stored in a plurality of fields. The method further includes dynamically overlaying one or more of the fields with data corresponding to the one or more specified parameters.


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