Tape acclimation acceleration for environmental calibration

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor, the logic being configured to cause the processor to perform operations including:
• cycling a shorter length of a tape, that is less than an entire length of the tape, a plurality of times to acclimate the shorter length of the tape;
• determining an acclimation change amount of the shorter length of the tape, wherein the acclimation change amount is based on a baseline servo band difference (SBD) measured before the cycling and a post cycling SBD measured after the cycling;
• and
• adjusting SBD values from a beginning of the tape (BOT) to an end of the tape (EOT) based on the determined acclimation change amount.

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions readable and/or executable by a controller to cause the controller to perform operations including:

• cycling, by the controller, a shorter length of a tape, that is less than an entire length of the tape, a plurality of times to acclimate the shorter length of the tape;
• determining, by the controller, an acclimation change amount of the shorter length of the tape, wherein the acclimation change amount is based on a baseline servo band difference (SBD) measured before the cycling and a post cycling SBD measured after the cycling;
• and
• adjusting, by the controller, SBD values from a beginning of the tape (BOT) to an end of the tape (EOT) based on the determined acclimation change amount.