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Patent No.:

US 9400605 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2012

Efficient management of a virtual tape library cluster

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:

Griffiths & Seaton PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Tammy Lee

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Haustein, Nils. (2016). Efficient management of a virtual tape library cluster (U.S. Patent No. 9400605). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9400605

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