System and method for securing drive access to media based on medium identification numbers
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1. A method for securing access to a data medium said method comprising:
- recording a unique identification number assigned to each medium in at least a portion of a data library; and
commanding at least one selected data transfer element in said library to only accept media having particular ones of said identification numbers.
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Abstract
A method for securing access to a data medium comprises recording a unique identification number assigned to each medium in at least a portion of a data library, and commanding at least one selected data transfer element in said library to only accept media having particular ones of said identification numbers.
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1. A method for securing access to a data medium said method comprising:
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recording a unique identification number assigned to each medium in at least a portion of a data library; and
commanding at least one selected data transfer element in said library to only accept media having particular ones of said identification numbers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for securing access to data media in a particular partition of a partitioned data library, said method comprising:
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listing identification numbers of media that data transfer elements in said partition are allowed to access in memory storage of said data transfer elements in said partition;
reading an identification number of a selected medium;
checking said memory storage of a data transfer element receiving said selected medium for said identification number of said selected medium; and
accessing said selected medium in response to said identification number of said selected medium being present in said memory storage of said data transfer element receiving said selected medium. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A partitioned data library comprising:
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data storage media, each medium of said media having an identification number;
a plurality of storage element slots each of said slots adapted to store a medium of said data storage media, at least one set of at least one of said slots assigned to one partition of a plurality of library partitions; and
a plurality of data transfer elements that are adapted to receive said media and transfer data to and from said media, each of at least one set of at least one of said data transfer elements assigned to one of said library partitions, wherein access to said media by each of said data transfer elements is restricted to media having particular ones of said identification numbers. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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