JPH05109241A - Cartridge magnetic tape device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To entirely eliminate the need of register processing by the user by registering information of a medium in a management file by a medium management part when the medium is loaded into the cartridge magnetic tape device. CONSTITUTION:When a medium is loaded into the cartridge magnetic tape device 1, its medium name and loading position are registered by a loaded medium recognition part 2. Subsequently, the medium information recognized by the recognition part 2 is fetched by a loaded medium management part 4, and is collated with registered contents of a medium management table of the medium management file 5, and if the information of the loaded medium is not registered, this register is processed accordingly. When a medium loaded in a cartridge housing part is used by the user, the information of loading position, etc., is obtained from the management table by the medium management part 4 from the name of the medium to be used, and is deliverd to a loading control part 3, so that the medium to be used is loaded in a tape traveling part.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cartridge magnetic tape device, and more particularly to a medium management system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The conventional media management system for a cartridge magnetic tape device uses media installed in a cartridge storage unit of the device in the order in which they are installed (hereinafter referred to as a conventional automatic loading system 1) or uses the media. By automatically registering the medium loaded in the cartridge storage unit of the device in the medium management file before use, the automatic loading of the medium into the tape running unit (hereinafter,
The conventional automatic loading method 2) was used.

[0003]

In the conventional automatic loading method 1 in the above-mentioned conventional cartridge magnetic tape device, the user needs to consider the order in which the media are used and mount the media in advance. This is because the media can only be used in device order. Also, in the conventional automatic loading method 2,
The mounted media can be used in any order, but before using the media, the user needs to register the used media information (information such as which cell of which device to use the used media) in the media management file. There is.

As described above, in the conventional cartridge magnetic tape device, it is necessary for the user to accurately grasp the use order when using the medium, and it is necessary to perform a complicated operation such as an error in the medium loading sequence or a loading change. is there.

[0005]

A cartridge magnetic tape device of the present invention manages a loaded medium recognition unit for recognizing medium information loaded in a cartridge housing unit and information of a medium loaded in the cartridge housing unit. A mounted medium management file, a medium loading control unit for taking out a medium to be used from the cartridge storage unit and loading it in the tape running unit,
It has a mounted medium management unit that registers the medium information recognized by the loaded medium recognition unit in the medium management file and transmits the medium information for which a usage request has been made to the medium loading control unit.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of a medium management table of the medium management file 5 in FIG.

In the medium loading system of the cartridge magnetic tape device of the present embodiment, the loaded medium recognition unit 2 in which the medium is loaded in the cartridge storage unit of the cartridge magnetic tape device 1 recognizes the medium name, medium mounting position, etc. of the medium. .
The loaded medium management unit 4 takes in the medium information recognized by the loaded medium recognition unit 2 and compares it with the registered contents of the medium management table 6 of the medium management file 5, and if the loaded medium information is not registered, it is registered. I do. When the management information is registered in the medium management table, the registered content can be changed to that of the loaded medium.

When the user uses the medium loaded in the cartridge storage unit of the cartridge magnetic tape device, the loaded medium management unit 4 first reads from the medium management table 6 based on the used medium name, the medium usage right, the medium loading position, etc. Information
These are transferred to the medium loading control unit 3, and the medium used by the medium loading control unit 3 is loaded in the tape running unit of the cartridge magnetic tape device.

The medium management table 6 has a structure as shown in FIG. 2 and holds medium information which can be mounted on the cartridge magnetic tape device at one time by one table.
Has a plurality of such tables 6. The medium information registered in the medium management table 6 is, as shown in FIG. 2, a medium name a, a device class b, a medium mounting position c, a medium owning group d, a medium owning user name e, and a medium access right f. is there. The user can also select which medium management table 6 to use. When the new medium management table 6 in which no medium information is registered is used, the medium information is registered every time the medium is loaded in the cartridge magnetic tape.

[0011]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the medium is loaded in the cartridge magnetic tape device, the loaded medium management unit registers the medium information in the medium management file, thereby registering the medium information on the user side. No need for processing all at once.
Further, since a plurality of medium management tables can be held and the cartridge magnetic tape to be used is not selected as the medium management table, the usage method of the cartridge magnetic tape device becomes flexible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of a medium management table of a medium management file 5 in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 cartridge magnetic tape device 2 loading medium recognition unit 3 medium loading control unit 4 loading medium management unit 5 medium management file

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A loading medium recognition unit for recognizing information on a medium loaded in a cartridge storage unit, a mounting medium management file for managing information on a medium loaded in the cartridge storage unit, and a cartridge storage unit for use from the cartridge storage unit. A medium loading control unit that takes out a medium and loads it into the tape running unit, and a medium loading control unit that registers the medium information recognized by the loaded medium recognition unit in the medium management file and transmits the medium information requested for use to the medium loading control unit. A cartridge magnetic tape device comprising a medium management unit.