Patent ID: 7404184
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to shutdown a library manager, the apparatus comprising: a message module configured to send a suspend message to a host such that the host stops sending library manager commands to a library manager in response to the suspend message, the host in communication with a data storage device of a library for servicing data commands through a device controller, the library managed exclusively by the library manager; a shutdown module configured to shutdown the library manager while the data storage device of the library managed by the library manager remains coupled to the host in a partially online state, the partially online state comprising a state wherein the data storage device remains mounted and accessible for data transactions with the host; a startup module configured to restart the library manager in response to a completed library manager maintenance operation; and a resume module configured to send a resume message to the host that the library manager is available for library manager commands from the host; wherein at least one of the message module, the shutdown module, the startup module, and the resume module is at least partially implemented in hardware circuitry and wherein portions of the message module, the shutdown module, the startup module, and the resume module not implemented in hardware circuitry comprise one or more instructions stored on at least one computer readable medium.