公开(公告)号：US09483213B1

公开(公告)日：2016-11-01

申请号：US13872514

申请日：2013-04-29

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Ian Wharton ,  Pradeep Vincent

IPC: G06F3/06

CPC classification number: G06F3/0682 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/062 ,  G06F3/0623 ,  G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/0664 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F3/0686 ,  G06F11/16

Abstract: A virtual tape system utilizes multiple virtual tape libraries. Some virtual elements of the virtual tape libraries are connected elements, such as virtual import/export slots, that logically connect two or more virtual tape libraries. Virtual media changers of the virtual tape libraries can be commanded, as if physical media changers, to virtually move virtual media, such as virtual tapes, within and among the virtual tape libraries. By moving a virtual medium to a connected element, the virtual medium can be virtually moved from one virtual tape library to another.

Abstract translation: 虚拟磁带系统利用多个虚拟磁带库。 虚拟磁带库的一些虚拟元素是逻辑连接两个或多个虚拟磁带库的连接元素，例如虚拟导入/导出槽。 虚拟磁带库的虚拟介质更换器可以像物理介质更换一样在虚拟磁带库之内虚拟移动虚拟磁带（如虚拟磁带）。 通过将虚拟介质移动到连接的元件，虚拟介质可以虚拟地从一个虚拟磁带库移动到另一个虚拟磁带库。