Apparatus and method to maintain information using a plurality of storage attributes

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PATENT NO 6889285
APP PUB NO 20040044829A1
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10230907

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A method to maintain information in a virtual tape system comprising a library inventory using a plurality of storage attributes. The method includes forming a dataset comprising information, and assigning one or more storage construct names to that dataset. The method provides the dataset and the one or more storage construct names to the virtual tape system. The method assigns a plurality of storage attributes to the logical volume using the one or more storage construct names. The method then selects storage management actions for the logical volume based upon those assigned storage attributes.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dawson, Erika M Tucson, AZ 27 235
Fisher, James A Tucson, AZ 17 301
Peake, Jonathan W Tucson, AZ 33 806
Schiltz, Linda J Tucson, AZ 3 59

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