Inventor

GOODMAN BRIAN GERARD

US71 patents

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GOODMAN BRIAN GERARD

IBM

Method, system, and program for virtualization of data storage library addresses

High availability work queuing in an automated data storage library

Automatic firmware update of processor nodes

Media vaulting in an automated data storage library

System and method of providing and relocating a portable storage canister in an automated data storage library

System and method using a first counter and a second counter to select a code image during a reboot routine

Transparent code update in an automated data storage library

Method for maintaining consistent dual copies of vital product data in a dual accessor library of portable data storage media

Autonomic control of power subsystems in a redundant power system

Redundant updatable self-booting firmware

Automated data storage library distributed control system

Reducing inventory after media access in an automated data storage library

Background code update for embedded systems

Code image distribution in a multi-node network of processors

System and method for logically assigning unique names to devices in a storage system

Automated data storage library with control path to shared robotic device via media drive

Device for storing and displaying selected bar codes

Electronically updatable labeling system for data storage

Method, system, program, and storage cartridge for storing data in a storage medium

Failure isolation in a distributed processing system employing relative location information

Target self-security for upgrades for an embedded device

Firmware updating

Concurrent configuration of drives of a data storage library

Method to partition a data storage and retrieval system into one or more logical libraries

Verifying primary and backup copies of vital information for a processing system employing a pseudo-fixed reference identifier

Self-configuring and self-calibrating automated system

Optical position sensor with threshold updated dynamically by interpolation between minimum and maximum levels of output signal

Storing information regarding operation of an automated data storage library to memory and to a reserved cartridge

Storing information regarding operation of an automated data storage library to memory and to a reserved cartridge

Use of cartridge memory for storing logical library association information

Configuring a storage drive to communicate with encryption and key managers

Apparatus and method for calibrating multi-gripper equipped accessor in an automated data storage library

Apparatus, system, and method for backing up vital product data

Control path failover in an automated data storage library

Media vaulting in an automated data storage library

Automatic password configuration during error reporting

Backup firmware in a distributed system

Rezeroing a robot accessor of an automated data storage library

Encryption key path diagnostic

Burst communications via a bus bar and bus bar relay for an automated data storage library

Apparatus and method to provide data storage device failover capability

Method to maintain nonvolatile system information cached in a distributed control network

Method, system, and program for providing status in a multi-processing node system

Expedited calibration for multiple accessors in library of portable data storage media

Use of cartridge memory for storing logical library association information

Apparatus, system, and method for abbreviated library calibration

GOODMAN BRIAN GERARD

Selective encryption of data stored on removable media in an automated data storage library

Rekeying encryption keys for removable storage media

Bulk data erase utilizing an encryption technique

Rekeying encryption for removable storage media