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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Nils Haustein, Mainz, DE;
Thorsten Krause, Kisslegg, DE;
Ulf Troppens, Mainz, DE;
Daniel James Winarski, Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Nils Haustein, Mainz, DE;
Thorsten Krause, Kisslegg, DE;
Ulf Troppens, Mainz, DE;
Daniel James Winarski, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0614 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0686 (2013.01); G06F 11/1456 (2013.01); G06F 11/201 (2013.01); G06F 11/2089 (2013.01); G06F 11/3433 (2013.01); G06F 3/0664 (2013.01); G06F 9/505 (2013.01); G06F 2201/815 (2013.01); G06F 2206/1012 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments for managing a virtual tape library cluster are provided. A virtual tape library system is enhanced by representing virtual tape resources in cluster nodes with a unique serial number. A least utilized cluster node is determined. One of the virtual tape resources represented within the least utilized cluster node is selected.