Event based reconcile operation for hierarchical storage management

A computer program product for automatic data reconciliation, the computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions including instructions to:

• responsive to migrating a file on a hierarchical storage system from a primary storage to one or more tape drives, record one or more file migration records in a reconcile database;
• responsive to the occurrence of a file event on the primary storage, update the one or more file migration records in the reconcile database, wherein the file event is chosen from the group consisting of a delete operation and a rename operation;
• and
• responsive to receiving a command to unmount a first mounted tape on one tape drive of the one or more tape drives, perform a reconcile function on the first mounted tape on the one tape drive of the one or more tape drives, wherein the reconcile function updates the first mounted tape with the one or more file migration records in the reconcile database.

A computer system for automatic data reconciliation, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the stored program instructions including instructions to:
• responsive to migrating a file on a hierarchical storage system from a primary storage to one or more tape drives, record one or more file migration records in a reconcile database;
• responsive to the occurrence of a file event on the primary storage, update the one or more file migration records in the reconcile database, wherein the file event is chosen from the group consisting of a delete operation and a rename operation;
• and
• responsive to receiving a command to unmount a first mounted tape on one tape drive of the one or more tape drives, perform a reconcile function on the first mounted tape on the one tape drive of the one or more tape drives, wherein the reconcile function updates the first mounted tape with the one or more file migration records in the reconcile database.