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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Larry W. McCloskey, Burlington, MA (US);
Karyn M. Kelley, Peabody, MA (US);
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0655 (2013.01); G06F 3/0682 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method can include sending an I/O request from a mainframe to a virtual tape server. The method can further include reading a non-virtual tape file from the virtual tape server to the mainframe over a virtual tape protocol if the I/O request is a read request. The method can further include writing a non-virtual tape file from the mainframe to the virtual tape server over the virtual tape protocol if the I/O request is a write request.