Cartridge management device, cartridge management system, method for operating cartridge management device, and program

A method for operating a cartridge management system including a first storage medium, the method comprising:

• executing first registration processing of, in a case where registration completion information indicating registration completion in a cartridge management system is not stored in a second storage medium provided in a magnetic tape cartridge, registering identification information for identifying the magnetic tape cartridge and the registration completion information in the second storage medium;
• executing overwriting prohibition processing of prohibiting overwriting to the identification information and the registration completion information registered in the second storage medium through the first registration processing;
• executing second registration processing of registering the identification information in the first storage medium;
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• executing execution processing of executing at least one of reading or writing of user data from or to the magnetic tape cartridge in a case where the identification information stored in the first storage medium coincides with the identification information stored in the second storage medium.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer applied to a cartridge management system including a first storage medium to execute a process, the process comprising:

• executing first registration processing of, in a case where registration completion information indicating registration completion in a cartridge management system is not stored in a second storage medium provided in a magnetic tape cartridge, registering identification information for identifying the magnetic tape cartridge and the registration completion information in the second storage medium;
• executing overwriting prohibition processing of prohibiting overwriting to the identification information and the registration completion information registered in the second storage medium through the first registration processing;
• executing second registration processing of registering the identification information in the first storage medium;
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• executing execution processing of executing at least one of reading or writing of user data from or to the magnetic tape cartridge in a case where the identification information stored in the first storage medium coincides with the identification information stored in the second storage medium.