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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsLeonard G. Jesionowski, Melanie Dauber, Shawn M. Nave, Benjamin K. Rawlins
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A computer program product, device, system, and method are provided for decommissioning a tape cartridge internally within a tape library. In one embodiment, a decommission canister is configured to be accepted within a tape library canister bay. The decommission canister has a fusing element configured to fuse together at least a portion of layers of magnetic tape of a tape cartridge within the tape library, to decommission the tape cartridge within the tape library. In one embodiment, the fusing element is a heating element adapted to emit heat directed at layers of magnetic tape of a tape cartridge to melt together at least a portion of layers of magnetic tape of a tape cartridge within the tape library. As a result, unwinding and reading of the magnetic tape is inhibited.
A device for use with a tape library having a plurality of canister bays, at least one of which is configured to accept a tape drive canister having a tape drive configured to read data from and write data to a magnetic tape wound in layers in a tape cartridge within the tape library, comprising:
A computer program product for a tape library, wherein the computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause operations, the operations comprising:
A method for decommissioning tape cartridges, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.