US 12,217,776 B1
Tape drive write across write error
Tsuyoshi Miyamura, Yokohama (JP); and Setsuko Masuda, Toshima-ku (JP)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/404,197.
Int. Cl. G11B 5/008 (2006.01); G06F 5/06 (2006.01); G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G11B 5/55 (2006.01); G11B 19/04 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 5/5508 (2013.01) [G11B 5/09 (2013.01); G11B 19/041 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for writing to tape by a tape drive, the method comprising:
in response to identifying a write error during a write to a tape in a certain HRTD region and in response to determining write across write perm is set, repositioning the tape to a next HRTD region; and
continuing the write at the next HRTD region.