System, method and computer program product for partially synchronous and partially asynchronous mounts/unmounts in a media library
    5.
    发明授权
    System, method and computer program product for partially synchronous and partially asynchronous mounts/unmounts in a media library 有权
    媒体库中部分同步和部分异步安装/卸载的系统,方法和计算机程序产品

    公开(公告)号:US09087073B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-21

    申请号:US14271130

    申请日:2014-05-06

    申请人: KIP CR P1 LP

    发明人: Damien Kick

    IPC分类号: G06F7/00 G06F17/00 G06F17/30

    CPC分类号: G06F17/30174 G06F17/30171

    摘要: Systems, methods and computer program products for determining completion of commands in a library system and providing an indication of the completion to a component of the media library system so that other commands which are dependent upon the completion can be efficiently issued and executed. In one embodiment, a tape is mounted in a drive of the library and a filesystem mount command is issued to initiate a filesystem mount operation. Diagnostic information generated by the operating system for this operation is communicated to the media library management application. When the filesystem mount process is completed, a corresponding diagnostic message is communicated to the media library management application. Until this message is received by the media library management application, commands that are dependent upon the completion of the filesystem mount process are inhibited, and afterward these dependent commands are allowed to be issued.

    摘要翻译: 用于确定库系统中的命令完成并且向媒体库系统的组件提供完成指示的系统,方法和计算机程序产品,使得可以有效地发出和执行依赖于完成的其他命令。 在一个实施例中,磁带安装在库的驱动器中,并且发出文件系统装载命令以启动文件系统安装操作。 由操作系统生成的用于此操作的诊断信息被传送到媒体库管理应用程序。 当文件系统安装过程完成时,将相应的诊断消息传送到媒体库管理应用程序。 在媒体库管理应用程序接收到该消息之前,取决于文件系统挂载进程完成的命令被禁止,此后允许发出这些依赖命令。

    Determining, Displaying and Using Tape Drive Session Information
    6.
    发明申请
    Determining, Displaying and Using Tape Drive Session Information 审中-公开
    确定,显示和使用磁带机会话信息

    公开(公告)号:US20150178006A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-25

    申请号:US14640072

    申请日:2015-03-06

    申请人: KIP CR P1 LP

    IPC分类号: G06F3/06

    摘要: Methods and systems for monitoring libraries and library drives. In one embodiment, a method is provided which includes polling the library to determine whether a storage media has been loaded in to, or unloaded from, a drive. When the media has been loaded, the method includes beginning a media monitoring session. The method may include determining which tape has been loaded in to which drive of the library and associating the session performance with that tape and that drive. Some embodiments include using a Read Element Status command to perform the polling. In some examples, the library is a magnetic tape library and the polling is performed out-of-band. Information regarding the media sessions can be output in order of session performance. Some embodiments include determining whether the cause of a slow session is external to the library and correcting the external cause.

    摘要翻译: 用于监控库和库驱动器的方法和系统。 在一个实施例中,提供了一种方法,其包括轮询该库以确定存储介质是否被加载到驱动器中或从驱动器卸载。 当媒体被加载时,该方法包括开始媒体监视会话。 该方法可以包括确定哪个磁带已被加载到库的哪个驱动器并且将会话性能与该磁带和该驱动器相关联。 一些实施例包括使用Read Element Status命令执行轮询。 在一些示例中,库是磁带库,并且轮询是在带外执行的。 关于媒体会话的信息可以按照会话性能的顺序输出。 一些实施例包括确定慢会话的原因是否在库外部并且校正外部原因。

    System, method and computer program product for optimization of tape performance using distributed file copies
    8.
    发明授权
    System, method and computer program product for optimization of tape performance using distributed file copies 有权
    使用分布式文件副本优化磁带性能的系统,方法和计算机程序产品

    公开(公告)号:US08856437B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-07

    申请号:US14031924

    申请日:2013-09-19

    申请人: KIP CR P1 LP

    摘要: A tape performance optimization method may include accumulating data in a memory, monitoring the accumulation of data, determining whether a certain amount of data has been accumulated in the memory, causing the accumulated data to be migrated to a tape in a tape library, and tracking physical locations of files stored on tape. In one embodiment, the amount of data to be accumulated is set to be two wraps or a multiple thereof. In one embodiment, two copies of data are written to two tapes in an alternating fashion. When a file is to be read, a tape is accessed if it has a copy of the file whose physical location is determined to be closest to beginning of tape. Since file location on tape determines the time it takes to position the tape, this method can shorten the amount of time required to retrieve a file from tape.

    摘要翻译: 磁带性能优化方法可以包括在存储器中累积数据,监视数据的累积,确定存储器中是否已经累积了一定量的数据,导致累积的数据被迁移到磁带库中的磁带,并且跟踪 存储在磁带上的文件的物理位置。 在一个实施例中,将要累积的数据量设置为两个包或其倍数。 在一个实施例中,以交替方式将两个数据副本写入两个磁带。 当要读取文件时,如果磁带的物理位置确定为最接近磁带开头的文件的副本,则会访问磁带。 由于磁带上的文件位置决定了磁带定位所需的时间,因此该方法可以缩短从磁带检索文件所需的时间。

    System, method and computer program product for partially synchronous and partially asynchronous mounts/unmounts in a media library

    公开(公告)号:US09934243B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-03

    申请号:US14741220

    申请日:2015-06-16

    申请人: KIP CR P1 LP

    发明人: Damien Kick

    IPC分类号: G06F7/00 G06F17/30

    CPC分类号: G06F17/30174 G06F17/30171

    摘要: Systems, methods and computer program products for determining completion of commands in a library system and providing an indication of the completion to a component of the media library system so that other commands which are dependent upon the completion can be efficiently issued and executed. In one embodiment, a tape is mounted in a drive of the library and a filesystem mount command is issued to initiate a filesystem mount operation. Diagnostic information generated by the operating system for this operation is communicated to the media library management application. When the filesystem mount process is completed, a corresponding diagnostic message is communicated to the media library management application. Until this message is received by the media library management application, commands that are dependent upon the completion of the filesystem mount process are inhibited, and afterward these dependent commands are allowed to be issued.