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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2014
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
William C. Burgoyne, West Townsend, MA (US);
Bruce F. Offhaus, Waldoboro, ME (US);
Larry W. McCloskey, Billerica, MA (US);
Douglas R. Phillips, Stoughton, MA (US);
Ralph E. Armstrong, Londonderry, NH (US);
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method includes, responsive to a user request for a virtual tape from a first library operatively coupled to a first plurality of virtual tape storage devices sent to a second library operatively coupled to a second plurality of virtual tape storage devices, copying a virtual tape from the second plurality of virtual tape storage devices of the second library to the first plurality of virtual tape storage devices of the first library.