Patent ID: 6886021

Claim:
In a computer system including a server accessing a database and a magnetic tape drive, a method for locating a group of audit files from said database on tape, said method comprising the steps of: (a) creating a Tapeset for said group of audit files; (b) initializing a disk directory file to hold positional information of said tapeset; (c) for each audit file within said group of audit files, locating said audit file within said Tapeset using said positional information, wherein said step of locating said audit file within said Tapeset includes the steps of: (c1) determining if said step of locating said audit file is for appending or for retrieving said audit file; (c2) if said step of locating said audit file is for appending purposes, appending said audit file to said Tapeset; (c3) if said step of locating said audit file is for retrieving purposes, retrieving said audit file from said Tapeset.