Patent ID: 11915730
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A tape library for use with a plurality of tape cartridges disposed within the tape library, each tape cartridge having a magnetic tape wound around a reel in layers in the tape cartridge, comprising:
a tape library enclosure which includes a frame having and a plurality of canister bays, and a plurality of tape cartridge shelves, each tape cartridge shelf configured to carry a tape cartridge having magnetic tape for storing data;
a tape drive canister docked in a canister bay and having a tape drive configured to read data from and write data to a magnetic tape wound in layers in a tape cartridge within the tape library; and
a decommission canister docked in a canister bay and having a fusing element configured to fuse together at least a portion of layers of magnetic tape of a tape cartridge within the tape library, to decommission the tape cartridge.