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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2017
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Hirashima, Nagano, JP;
Takashi Murayama, Nagano, JP;
Takuya Kurihara, Nagano, JP;
Takaaki Yamato, Nagano, JP;
Katsuo Enohara, Kawaguchi, JP;
Naoki Hirabayashi, Yokohama, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A tape apparatus includes a tape drive and a processor. The tape drive is configured to perform data reading and data writing on a magnetic tape in which a plurality of tracks are formed. The processor is configured to control the tape drive to perform data reading and data writing on the plurality of tracks in a first segment among a plurality of segments obtained by dividing the magnetic tape in a running direction. The processor is configured to reserve a first track of the plurality of tracks as a copy target upon determining that an abnormality occurs in the first segment on the first track. The processor is configured to instruct the tape drive to copy data recorded in the first segment on the first track to a second segment on the first track at a predetermined timing. The second segment is adjacent to the first segment.