User authentication in a removable media storage system
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAffan Akmal, Cai Alfven, Marcus Breuer, Bernd Freitag, Albrecht Friess, Frank Krick
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Abstract
An authentication mechanism for dynamic self-provisioning of a magnetic tape cartridge library by a plurality of users for community accessed data storage. Authenticating a host computer and/or users of the host computer for accessing and processing data on a magnetic tape cartridge.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- authenticating access to a tape cartridge library;
- receiving a request for a cartridge in the tape cartridge library;
- determining the cartridge is an empty cartridge;
- recording user information on a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag in the empty cartridge to create a user-owned cartridge;
- loading the user-owned cartridge in a drive associated with the tape cartridge library;
- and
- granting access for processing data on the user-owned cartridge.
A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having a set of instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to control access to a tape cartridge library by:
- authenticating access to a tape cartridge library;
- receiving a request for a cartridge in the tape cartridge library;
- determining the cartridge is an empty cartridge;
- recording user information on a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag in the empty cartridge to create a user-owned cartridge;
- loading the user-owned cartridge in a drive associated with the tape cartridge library;
- and
- granting access for processing data on the user-owned cartridge.
A computer system comprising:
- a processor set;
- and
- a computer readable storage medium;
- wherein:
- the processor set is structured, located, connected, and/or programmed to run program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium;
- and
- the program instructions which, when executed by the processor set, cause the processor set to control access to a tape cartridge library by:
- authenticating access to a tape cartridge library;
- receiving a request for a cartridge in the tape cartridge library;
- determining the cartridge is an empty cartridge;
- recording user information on a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag in the empty cartridge to create a user-owned cartridge;
- loading the user-owned cartridge in a drive associated with the tape cartridge library;
- and
- granting access for processing data on the user-owned cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.