Methods and apparatus for providing menu data to a storage automation library
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1. Remote host apparatus for providing menu data to a storage automation library, comprising:
- computer readable storage media; and
program code stored on the computer readable storage media, comprising;
code to periodically poll a command I/O interface of the storage automation library to extract therefrom a remote menu mode status and stored user input; and
code to provide menu data to the command I/O interface, in response to a determination that an extracted remote menu mode status is “
active”
, wherein the remote menu mode is activated when a local menu structure in the storage automation library does not provide access to updated features for the storage automation library.
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Abstract
In a method for displaying menus on a storage automation library, a user'"'"'s input to the library is processed and, in response thereto, either 1) a menu derived from a local menu structure is displayed, or 2) a remote menu mode is activated. Between activation and deactivation of the remote menu mode, the library waits for a remote host to return remote menu data. A method by which a remote host retrieves the status of such an indicator, and apparatus for implementing these and other related methods, are also disclosed.
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1. Remote host apparatus for providing menu data to a storage automation library, comprising:
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computer readable storage media; and program code stored on the computer readable storage media, comprising; code to periodically poll a command I/O interface of the storage automation library to extract therefrom a remote menu mode status and stored user input; and code to provide menu data to the command I/O interface, in response to a determination that an extracted remote menu mode status is “
active”
, wherein the remote menu mode is activated when a local menu structure in the storage automation library does not provide access to updated features for the storage automation library. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing menu data to a storage automation library, comprising:
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via a remote host, periodically polling the storage automation library to extract therefrom a remote menu mode status and stored user input, if any; and via the remote host, providing menu data to the storage automation library, in response to a determination by the remote host that an extracted remote menu mode status is “
active”
, and in response to the remote host'"'"'s processing of the extracted user input, if any, wherein the remote menu mode is activated when a local menu structure in the storage automation library does not provide access to updated features for the storage automation library. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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