Patent ID: 7711913

Claim:
A method for backing up execution of extended copy commands and media commands, comprising: providing a system comprising: a first storage device; a media controller running a backup program stored thereon and coupled to a media device; a second storage device coupled to the media controller; and a data mover comprising a copy manager program for processing an extended copy command (ECC) connected to the first storage device and the media controller via a network; receiving from a host, by the copy manager program, one or more extended copy commands for a requested operation of the media device; receiving from the host, by the media controller, one or more media commands for the requested operation of the media device; forwarding from the host, by the copy manager program, the extended copy command to the media controller; recording the one or more media commands by the media controller in the second storage device; recording the one or more extended copy commands in the second storage device by the media controller; and retrieving, from the second storage device, and issuing, by the media controller, one or more of the recorded one or more extended copy commands to the copy manager program and the recorded one or more media commands to the media device to perform the requested operation if the requested operation previously failed.