Patent ID: 7864478

Claim:
A method for providing verification information to be written to a data storage cartridge having data storage tape media, comprising the steps of: determining the volume identity of said data storage cartridge; providing an internal label at each block of data to be written to said data storage tape media of said data storage cartridge, said internal label at least comprising said volume identity; wherein said data storage cartridge comprises a cartridge memory identifying a volume identity, and comprises an external label identifying a volume identity; wherein said method additionally comprises the steps of: determining whether said data storage cartridge is a scratch cartridge; if so, said identity determining step comprises determining whether said volume identity of said external label matches said volume identity of said cartridge memory, and, if so, making said determination that said matching volume identity is said volume identity of said data storage cartridge; causing said volume identity to be written at the beginning of tape of said data storage tape media; and causing said provided internal label to be written at each block of data to said data storage tape media of said data storage cartridge, said internal label at least comprising said volume identity.