US 11,983,430 B2
Replicating data to a plurality of replication devices through a tape device
Shawn Owen Brume, North Pole, AK (US); Carlos Sandoval Castro, Jalisco (MX); Ricardo Clemente Betancourt, Nayarit (MX); Parker Thomas Wall, Raleigh, NC (US); and Jean Pierre Lavigne, Durham, NC (US)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/816,477.
Prior Publication US 2024/0036758 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/065 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0686 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer program product for replicating data, wherein the computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions executable by a processor in a system to cause operations, the operations comprising:
transmitting a replication request to a primary tape device to replicate data to at least one replication device to store the data, wherein the replication request causes the primary tape device, comprising a tape storage media, to store the data, wherein the replication request causes the primary tape device to transmit the data over a network to the at least one replication device to write the data to the at least one replication device, wherein each of the at least one replication device has a storage media to store the data, wherein the primary tape device is in a separate housing from the at least one replication device, and wherein the replication request causes the primary tape device to send acknowledgment from the primary tape device indicating that the data has been replicated to the primary tape device and the at least one replication device; and
receiving acknowledgment from the primary tape device indicating that the data has been replicated to the primary tape device and the at least one replication device.