Methods and apparatus for providing menu data to a storage automation library
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsWilliam W. Torrey, Curtis C. Ballard
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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.
Claims12
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.
A method for providing menu data to a storage automation library, comprising:
- 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.