Recovery from medium error on tape on which data and metadata are to be stored by using medium to medium data copy

A system, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor performs operations, the operations comprising:
• determining a medium error on a tape while copying metadata to the tape, subsequent to completion of copying of data to the tape;
• sending a request to replace the tape by a new tape and copy the data from the tape to the new tape;
• and
• copying the metadata to the new tape.

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code configured to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• determining a medium error on a tape while copying metadata to the tape, subsequent to completion of copying of data to the tape;
• sending a request to replace the tape by a new tape and copy the data from the tape to the new tape;
• and
• copying the metadata to the new tape.

A method for deploying computing infrastructure, comprising integrating computer-readable code into a computational device, wherein the code in combination with the computational device performs operations, the operations comprising:

• determining a medium error on a tape while copying metadata to the tape, subsequent to completion of copying of data to the tape;
• sending a request to replace the tape by a new tape and copy the data from the tape to the new tape;
• and
• copying the metadata to the new tape.