Patent ID: 6014352
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A storage system, comprising:at least one drive unit processing a single replaceable medium;at least one library unit having a medium enclosing unit in which a plurality of replaceable media are enclosed, a drive unit optically accessing the medium, and an accessor conveying the medium between said medium enclosing unit and said drive unit;device buses of at least one system which are pulled out from an upper unit and connect said at least one drive unit and said at least one library unit as storage units;a copy processing module, provided for said upper unit, copying storage contents of the medium of the storage unit of a preset copy source to the medium of the storage unit of a preset copy destination; anda confirmation processing module provided for said upper unit and constructed as unit graphics of said at least one storage unit, accessing targets of said copy processing module, are arranged and displayed on a picture plane, and when a check region corresponding to each of said unit graphics is instructed and operated on the picture plane, a check command is sent to each corresponding storage unit, executing an output operation allowing an operator to confirm that each corresponding unit is installed on the system.