Patent ID: 9348837
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method, in a data processing system comprising a tape storage device that reads and writes data to a tape medium, for performing a synchronization operation for synchronizing data to the tape medium, the method comprising: receiving a request to perform the synchronization operation on the tape medium; obtaining file information from a storage device of the data processing system in response to receiving the request; determining if the file information is associated with a file that has been changed since a last index was written to the tape medium; in response to the file information being determined to be associated with a file that has been changed since a last index was written to the tape medium, adding index information corresponding to the file information to a partial index, wherein the partial index comprises index information for files less than a total number of files recorded on the tape medium; and writing the partial index to the tape medium.