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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsNigel Ronald Evans, Andrew Malcolm George Clarke, John Mark Mackelden
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Data stored on a tape in a plurality of data recording sessions employs tape drive apparatus programmed to record the data in accordance with a format specifying a log of tape-usage information. The log is in the form of a data structure including a plurality of log sections in which tape usage information is recorded relating respectively to corresponding ones of the plurality of data recording sessions. The log sections together constitute a cumulative record of tape usage covering the corresponding plurality of recording sessions, each log section in respect of a recording session comprising an identifier of the tape drive apparatus used for that recording session and a count of the recording session.
A data structure for a tape log recorded on a tape, the data structure including:
A method of storing data on a tape in a plurality of data recording sessions employing tape drive apparatus configured to record the data in accordance with a format specifying a log of tape-usage information, the method comprising:
Data storage apparatus to record data on a tape, the apparatus being configured to record the data in accordance with a format specifying a log of tape-usage information, the log having a data structure including a plurality of log sections in which tape usage information is recorded relating respectively to corresponding ones of a plurality of data recording sessions, the log sections together constituting a cumulative record of tape usage covering the corresponding plurality of recording sessions, each log section in respect of a recording session comprising an identifier of the tape drive apparatus used for that recording session and a count of the recording session.
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