Upgrade firmware with upgrade information from a tape cartridge in a wireless manner

A tape library, comprising:

• a plurality of cartridge receiving compartments to receive a plurality of tape cartridges, respectively;
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• a tape drive manager including a memory to include a plurality of information modules associated with the plurality of tape cartridges, respectively, such that each information module to include an internal tape identifier to identify a corresponding tape cartridge and a firmware to cause the tape drive manager to write data to and read data from the corresponding tape cartridge, wherein the tape drive manager performs the steps of:
• in response to a respective cartridge receiving compartment receiving a respective tape cartridge, determining whether an external tape identifier obtained from the respective tape cartridge in a wireless manner corresponds with an internal tape identifier included in one of the plurality of information modules;
• in a case the external tape identifier obtained from the respective tape cartridge corresponds with one of the plurality of information modules, upgrading the corresponding firmware of the one of the plurality of information modules using upgrade information obtained from the respective tape cartridge in the wireless manner;
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• subsequently executing the upgraded firmware to write data to and read data from the respective tape cartridge.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon for a tape library to upgrade firmware with upgrade information from a tape cartridge, the instructions are executable by a processor to:

• receive a respective tape cartridge by a respective cartridge receiving compartment of a respective tape drive of a tape library including a plurality of tape cartridges, and a plurality of tape drives having a plurality of cartridge receiving compartments therein, respectively;
• configure a memory of a tape drive manager to include a plurality of information modules associated with the plurality of tape cartridges, respectively, such that each information module to include an internal tape identifier to identify a corresponding tape cartridge and a firmware to cause the tape drive manager to write data to and read data from the corresponding tape cartridge;
• in response to the respective cartridge receiving compartment receiving the respective tape cartridge, determine whether an external tape identifier obtained from the respective tape cartridge in a wireless manner corresponds with an internal tape identifier included in one of the plurality of information modules by the tape drive manager;
• in a case the external tape identifier obtained from the respective tape cartridge corresponds with one of the plurality of information modules, upgrade the corresponding firmware of the one of the plurality of information modules by the tape drive manager using upgrade information obtained from the respective tape cartridge in the wireless manner;
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• subsequently execute the upgraded firmware to write data to and read data from the respective tape cartridge.