International Business Machines Corporation
Copying a storage tape

Abstract:

Embodiments are disclosed for a method. The method includes generating a file list of an original source tape. The file list identifies files that are stored on the original source tape. The method further includes determining a number of possible parallel copies for a data storage system having multiple tape drives. The method additionally includes generating multiple tape file lists. Each of the tape file lists identify copies of the files stored on one of multiple source tapes. Further, the method includes generating multiple new copies of the files by copying, in parallel, a subset of the files, and a subset of the copies, based on the tape files lists, and using a first of the tape drives, and a second of the tape drives.