US 12,504,795 B2 · Data storage library with service mode for protecting data storage drives

Abstract

A data storage library system includes a data storage library, at least one environmental conditioning unit, at least one data storage drive retained within the data storage library, and at least one access door for providing access to an interior portion of the data storage library. The system also includes a library controller, wherein the library controller is configured to initiate a service mode prior to and during a service procedure performed within the data storage library, and further wherein at least one operational state within the at least one data storage drive is changed during the service mode. The change in the at least one operational state may be, for example, an increase in temperature within the at least one data storage drive, or the insertion of a data storage cartridge into the at least one data storage drive during the service mode.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computer programming product comprising:

one or more non-transitory, computer-readable, storage media;
and
programing instructions stored on the one or more non-transitory, computer-readable, storage media that, when executed by at least one hardware processor, configure the at least one hardware processor to:
initiate a service mode of a data storage library having two or more data storage drives;
perform, in response to initiating the service mode of the data storage library, at least one of a service group consisting of installing:
a data storage cartridge, a protective cartridge, a diagnostic cartridge, and combinations thereof within all of the two or more data storage drives;
and
maintain at least one of a cartridge group consisting of:
the data storage cartridge, the protective cartridge, the diagnostic cartridge, and combinations thereof within all of the two or more data storage drives during the service mode of the data storage library.

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A computer programming product comprising:

one or more non-transitory, computer-readable, storage media;
and
programing instructions stored on the one or more non-transitory, computer-readable, storage media instructions that, when executed by at least one hardware processor, configure the at least one hardware processor to:
initiate a service mode of a data storage library having one or more data storage drives;
determine, in response to initiating the service mode, whether a data storage cartridge is within any one of the one or more of the data storage drives;
remove, in response to determining that a data storage cartridge is within any one of the one or more data storage drives, the data storage cartridge that is within any one of the one or more data storage drives;
install, in response to removing the data storage cartridge that is within any one of the one or more data storage drives, at least one of a protective group within each of the any one or more data storage drives that had the data storage cartridge removed, wherein the protective group consists of at least one of:
a protective cartridge, a diagnostic cartridge, and combinations thereof;
perform, in response to initiating the service mode of the data storage library, at least one of a service group consisting of installing:
a protective cartridge, a diagnostic cartridge, and combinations thereof within all of the one or more data storage drives;
and
maintain at least one of a protective group consisting of the protective cartridge, the diagnostic cartridge, and combinations thereof within all of the one or more data storage drives during the service mode of the data storage library.

9 more elements

A computer programming product comprising:

one or more non-transitory, computer-readable, storage media;
and
programing instructions stored on the one or more non-transitory, computer-readable, storage media that, when executed by at least one hardware processor, configure the at least one hardware processor to:
initiate a service mode of a data storage library having one or more data storage drives;
perform, in response to initiating the service mode of the data storage library, at least one of a service group consisting of installing:
a data storage cartridge, a protective cartridge, a diagnostic cartridge, and combinations thereof within all of the one or more data storage drives;
maintain at least one of a cartridge group consisting of the data storage cartridge, the protective cartridge, the diagnostic cartridge, and combinations thereof within all of the one or more data storage drives during the service mode of the data storage library;
determine whether the service mode is complete;
and
remove, in response to determining that the service mode is complete, all protective cartridges and diagnostic cartridges from the one or more data storage drives.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/202,454Filed 26 May 2023 · continuation

Priority

16 Mar 2017

Published

US 2023/0016829 A121 Sep 2023

Granted

23 Dec 2025

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G06F 1/182
Enclosures: with special features, e.g. for use in industrial environments; grounding or shielding against radio frequency interference [RFI] or…
G06F 1/20
Constructional details or arrangements: cooling means
G06F 1/206
Cooling means: comprising thermal management
G06F 3/0604
Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect: improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management

Family

Application15/460,497Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Mar 2017

Application16/718,526Parent of this division · filed 18 Dec 2019

US 10,566,023 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Feb 2020

Application17/948,845Parent of this continuation · filed 20 Sep 2022

US 11,500,430 B2Parent of this division · filed 15 Nov 2022

US 2023/0297146 A1Pre-grant publication · published 21 Sep 2023

US 11,726,533 B2Parent of this continuation

Application17/948,845Parent of this division

Application16/718,526Parent of this continuation

US 2018/0267718 A1Published application

US 2021/0191479 A1Published application

US 2023/0016829 A1Published application

US 12,504,795 B2This patent

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Data storage library with service mode for protecting data storage drives

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