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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2009
Alastair Slater, Chepstow Monmouthshire, GB;
Simon Pelly, Bristol, GB;
Alastair Slater, Chepstow Monmouthshire, GB;
Simon Pelly, Bristol, GB;
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A virtual tape library includes a local, non-tape based storage, a store to store a data structure which associates emulated tape storage elements with the local storage or a remote storage, a first interface to provide access to the local storage, in response to tape library commands identifying emulated tape storage elements associated with the local storage, and a second interface to provide access to the remote storage, in response to tape library commands identifying emulated tape storage elements associated with the remote storage.