Systems and methods of media management, such as management of media to and from a media storage library
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1. A method of verifying a request for recalling data storage media from an offsite location to a data storage media library associated with a data storage operation, the method comprising:
- receiving a report comprising a list of media components requested in a shipment of media components sent from an offsite media storage facility to the media library, each item in the list comprising both machine-readable and human-readable information that describes a particular requested media component;
electronically scanning the machine-readable information from the list in the report to identify automatically or partially automatically the requested contents of the shipment of media components;
upon receipt at the media library of the shipment of media components from the media storage facility, electronically scanning each media component in the shipment in order to automatically or partially automatically identify actual contents of the shipment of media components;
automatically comparing the identified requested contents of the shipment with the identified actual contents of the shipment that was sent from the media storage facility; and
when the comparison determines that the identified actual contents of the shipment are the same as the identified requested contents of the shipment, automatically sending an electronic confirmation of receipt of the shipment;
when the comparison determines that the identified actual contents of the shipment do not include all of the identified requested contents of the shipment, automatically or partially automatically performing an action to obtain requested media components that were not included in the shipment; and
,when the comparison determines that the identified actual contents of the shipment include extra media components that were not in the identified requested contents of the shipment, automatically or partially automatically performing an action to return the extra media components to the offsite media storage facility.
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Abstract
A system and method for determining media to be exported out of a media library is described. In some examples, the system determines a media component to be exported, determines the media component is in the media library for a specific process, and exports the media component after the process is completed.
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1. A method of verifying a request for recalling data storage media from an offsite location to a data storage media library associated with a data storage operation, the method comprising:
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receiving a report comprising a list of media components requested in a shipment of media components sent from an offsite media storage facility to the media library, each item in the list comprising both machine-readable and human-readable information that describes a particular requested media component; electronically scanning the machine-readable information from the list in the report to identify automatically or partially automatically the requested contents of the shipment of media components; upon receipt at the media library of the shipment of media components from the media storage facility, electronically scanning each media component in the shipment in order to automatically or partially automatically identify actual contents of the shipment of media components; automatically comparing the identified requested contents of the shipment with the identified actual contents of the shipment that was sent from the media storage facility; and when the comparison determines that the identified actual contents of the shipment are the same as the identified requested contents of the shipment, automatically sending an electronic confirmation of receipt of the shipment; when the comparison determines that the identified actual contents of the shipment do not include all of the identified requested contents of the shipment, automatically or partially automatically performing an action to obtain requested media components that were not included in the shipment; and
,when the comparison determines that the identified actual contents of the shipment include extra media components that were not in the identified requested contents of the shipment, automatically or partially automatically performing an action to return the extra media components to the offsite media storage facility. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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2. A system for verifying a shipment of data storage media components received at a media library from an offsite media storage facility, the system comprising:
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an identification component, configured to; electronically scan machine-readable information from a report to identify automatically or partially automatically requested contents of the shipment of media components, wherein the report comprises a list of media components requested in the shipment of media components sent from the offsite media storage facility to the media library, each item in the list comprising machine-readable and human-readable information that describes a particular requested media component; upon receipt at the media library of the shipment of media components from the media storage facility, electronically scan each media component in the shipment in order to automatically or partially automatically identify actual contents of the shipment of media components; a comparison component configured to compare the identified requested contents of the shipment with the identified actual contents of the shipment that was sent from the media storage facility; and a verification component in communication with the identification component and comparison component that is configured to perform at least two of; 1) when the comparison determines that the identified actual contents of the shipment are the same as the identified requested contents of the shipment, automatically send an electronic confirmation of receipt of the requested contents of the shipment; 2) when the comparison determines that the identified actual contents of the shipment do not include all of the identified requested contents of the shipment, automatically or partially automatically perform an action to obtain requested media components that were not included in the shipment; and
,3) when the comparison determines that the identified actual contents of the shipment include extra media components that were not a portion of the identified requested contents of the shipment, automatically or partially automatically perform an action to return the extra media components to a location associated with the offsite media storage facility. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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15. A tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a method for verifying a request for recalling data storage media from an offsite location to a data storage media library associated with a data storage operation, the method comprising:
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receiving a report comprising a list of media components requested in a shipment of media components sent from an offsite media storage facility to the media library, each item in the list comprising both machine-readable and human-readable information that describes a particular requested media component; electronically scanning the machine-readable information from the list in the report to identify automatically or partially automatically the requested contents of the shipment of media components; upon receipt at the media library of the shipment of media components from the media storage facility, electronically scanning each media component in the shipment in order to automatically or partially automatically identify actual contents of the shipment of media components; automatically comparing the identified requested contents of the shipment with the identified actual contents of the shipment that was sent from the media storage facility; and when the comparison determines that the identified actual contents of the shipment are the same as the identified requested contents of the shipment, automatically sending an electronic confirmation of receipt of the requested contents of the shipment; when the comparison determines that the identified actual contents of the shipment do not include all of the identified requested contents of the shipment, automatically or partially automatically performing an action to obtain requested media components that were not included in the shipment; and
,when the comparison determines that the identified actual contents of the shipment include extra media components that were not a portion of the identified requested contents of the shipment, automatically or partially automatically performing an action to return the extra media components to the offsite media storage facility. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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