Systems and methods of media management, such as management of media to and from a media storage library, including removable media
AssigneeCommvault Systems, Inc.
InventorsRajiv Kottomtharayil, Manoj K. Vijayan Retnamma
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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.
Claims23
A computer-implemented method of automatically generating identifiers for storage devices, the method comprising:
- automatically scanning the storage device to identify manufacturing defects, wherein the manufacturing defects relate to defects in a storage medium of the storage device;
- automatically identifying characteristics associated with the identified manufacturing defects;
- automatically generating an identifier for the storage device based on the identified characteristics associated with the identified manufacturing defects;
- and
- storing the generated identifier to identify the storage device,
- wherein the storage device does not contain an electronic serial number when manufactured, or
- does contain an electronic serial number, but wherein the electronic serial number is not used as an identifier for the removable storage device.
A computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when implemented by a computer, perform a method of automatically generating identifiers for storage devices, the method comprising:
- automatically scanning the storage device to identify manufacturing defects, wherein the manufacturing defects relate to defects in a storage medium of the storage device;
- automatically identifying characteristics associated with the identified manufacturing defects;
- automatically generating an identifier for the storage device based on the identified characteristics associated with the identified manufacturing defects;
- and
- storing the generated identifier to identify the storage device,
- wherein the storage device does not contain an electronic serial number when manufactured, or
- does contain an electronic serial number, but wherein the electronic serial number is not used as an identifier for the removable storage device.
A computer-implementable method of performing storage operations on a removable storage device, the method comprising:
- identifying the removable storage device based on an identifier stored on the device,
- wherein the identifier is not a label affixed to the removable storage device, and
- wherein the removable storage device does not contain an electronic serial number when it leaves a manufacturer,
- or does contain an electronic serial number, but wherein the electronic serial number is not used as an identifier for the removable storage device;
- determining a last time a storage operation was performed on the removable storage device based on the identifier;
- and
- when a storage operation criteria is met,
- then performing the storage operation on the removable storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.