Thomas H Daily

US Patent:

6999960, Feb 14, 2006

Filed:

Aug 23, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/226569

Inventors:

Thomas Holderness Daily - Pinetop AZ, US
James Arthur Fisher - Tucson AZ, US
Ralph Thomas Jackson - Tucson AZ, US
Jeffrey Wayne Pilch - Tucson AZ, US
Timothy Clyde Sample - Tucson AZ, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 5, 707 9, 715840

Abstract:

A method to coordinate requests submitted to a data storage and retrieval system from two or more operator input stations, whereby an initialization request comprising a requested operation is provided at a first time to the data storage and retrieval system. At that first time the method provides a current history of previously-submitted commands to perform the requested operation. The method also generates a request history token at that first time. The first history is displayed to the user. The user then determines if the current history includes the requested operation. If the first history does not include the requested operation, the user at a second time submits a command to perform the requested operation. The method generates at that second time a current history token, and determines if the current history token matches the request history token. If the current history token matches the request history token, then the method performs the requested operation.

US Patent:

7079978, Jul 18, 2006

Filed:

May 24, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/852283

Inventors:

Brian Gerard Goodman - Tucson AZ, US
Thomas Holderness Daily - Pinetop AZ, US
James Arthur Fisher - Tucson AZ, US
Dennis Paul Martinez - Tucson AZ, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

702182, 702 85, 702105, 700214

Abstract:

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for performing an abbreviated calibration of an automated data storage library. An abbreviated calibration apparatus includes a calibration module, a tracking module, and a system availability module. The calibration module calibrates one or more accessors within the library. Calibration refers to the physical relationship between an accessor and a data storage location, such as a shelf, drive, or I/O station. The calibration module may comprise a run-time calibration module, a successive calibration module, or a cooperative calibration module. The tracking module tracks the calibration progress of the accessors. The system availability module notifies a host when the library is available. The library is made available prior to calibration completion of all of the accessors and, in some embodiments, prior to calibration completion of any of the accessors.

US Patent:

7774566, Aug 10, 2010

Filed:

Apr 5, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/697004

Inventors:

Thomas H. Daily - Pinetop AZ, US
Gregory T. Kishi - Oro Valley AZ, US
Norie Iwasaki - Kanagawa, JP
Kerri R. Shotwell - Tucson AZ, US
Joseph M. Swingler - Tucson AZ, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 12/00
G06F 13/00
G06F 13/28

US Classification:

711162, 711111, 711112, 711161

Abstract:

A virtual tape server for executing a method involving a partitioning of a virtual tape volume into a plurality of virtual tape blocks. The virtual tape volume includes a virtual tape volume header having recovery information, each virtual tape block includes a virtual tape block header identifying the virtual tape volume and a block sequence number, and one or more of the virtual tape blocks includes the virtual tape volume header. The method further involves a formatting of a physical tape volume including each virtual tape block.

US Patent:

8539285, Sep 17, 2013

Filed:

Jun 22, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/821085

Inventors:

Thomas H. Daily - Pinetop AZ, US
Nikhil Khandelwal - Tucson AZ, US
Stefan Lehmann - Tucson AZ, US
Jason A. Ogroski - Tucson AZ, US
Ricardo S. Padilla - Tucson AZ, US
Kerri R. Shotwell - Tucson AZ, US
Benjamin S. Terris - Tucson AZ, US
Steve P. Wallace - Casa Grande AZ, US
Richard A. Welp - Tucson AZ, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 48, 714 26, 714 381

Abstract:

According to one embodiment, a method for handling errors includes detecting that an error has occurred in a machine in a system, determining an error ID associated with the error, determining that the error should be reported to a host system for further analysis based on the error ID, determining that one or more actions should be taken by the system based on the error ID, and sending information corresponding to the error to the host system after it is determined that the error should be reported to the host system. In another embodiment, a system includes a processor and logic for performing the method. According to another embodiment, a computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having computer readable code embodied therewith for performing the method. Other methods, systems, and computer program products are also described according to more embodiments.