Controlling access to at least one storage device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorAlastair Slater
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are provided for use in controlling access to at least one data storage device. One method includes obtaining data describing at least one data access relationship, the data access relationship specifying whether access to a data storage device by a data processing device is allowed or not allowed during at least one user defined time period, and controlling access to the data storage device in accordance with the data access relationship described by the data.
Claims12
A method of controlling access to at least one data storage device in a tape library having a plurality of data storage devices and a plurality of tape locations for storing tapes for use in the data storage devices, the tape library being configured to receive data transfer requests over a Storage Area Network from at least one data processing device, the method including:
- obtaining data describing at least one data access relationship, said data access relationship specifying whether access to at least one said data storage device by at least one said data processing device is allowed or not allowed during at least one user defined time period, and
- controlling access to the at least one data storage device in accordance with said data access relationship described by the data.
A tape library having a plurality of data storage devices and a plurality of tape locations for storing tapes for use in the data storage devices, the tape library being configured to receive data transfer requests over a Storage Area Network from at least one data processing device, the tape library including:
- an access data processor for obtaining data describing at least one data access relationship, a said data access relationship specifying whether access to at least one said data storage device by at least one said data processing device is allowed or not allowed during at least one user defined time period, and
- an access controller for controlling access to the at least one data storage device in accordance with the at least one data access relationship described by the data.
A computer-readable medium having instructions for causing one or more processors to control access to at least one data storage device in a tape library having a plurality of storage devices and a plurality of tape locations for storing tapes for use in the data storage devices, the tape library being configured to receive data transfer requests over a Storage Area Network from at least one data processing device, the instructions causing the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
- obtaining data describing at least one data access relationship, said data access relationship specifying whether access to at least one said data storage device by at least one said data processing device is allowed or not allowed during at least one user defined time period, and
- controlling access to the at least one data storage device in accordance with said data access relationship described by the data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.