Tape apparatus and control device

A control device, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to
• control a tape drive to perform data reading and data writing on a plurality of tracks formed in a magnetic tape in a first segment among a plurality of segments obtained by dividing the magnetic tape in a running direction,
• reserve a first track of the plurality of tracks as a copy target upon determining that an abnormality occurs in the first segment on the first track, and
• instruct the tape drive to copy data recorded in the first segment on the first track to a second segment on the first track at a predetermined timing, the second segment being one of the plurality of segments and adjacent to the first segment.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

• controlling a tape drive to perform data reading and data writing on a plurality of tracks formed in a magnetic tape in a first segment among a plurality of segments obtained by dividing the magnetic tape in a running direction;
• reserving a first track of the plurality of tracks as a copy target upon determining that an abnormality occurs in the first segment on the first track;
• and
• instructing the tape drive to copy data recorded in the first segment on the first track to a second segment on the first track at a predetermined timing, the second segment being one of the plurality of segments and adjacent to the first segment.