Patent ID: 9396754
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G11B

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: providing a tape library with a scratch pool of tape cartridges, at least one tape drive, a robotic transporter possessing a picker device, the picker device possessing a pair of grippers that are substantially diametrically opposed, the grippers adapted to grasp opposite sides of one of the tape cartridges, a finger extending distally from one of the grippers; receiving a request to store data in a write once and read many (WORM) arrangement on one of the tape cartridges from the scratch pool; selecting a tape cartridge from the scratch pool of tape cartridges, the tape cartridge possessing a write protect switch that when moved to a closed position prevents writing to the tape cartridge; moving the tape cartridge from the scratch pool of tape cartridges to the tape drive via the robotic transporter; loading the tape cartridge into the tape drive; storing the data to the tape cartridge via the tape drive; engaging the write protect switch via the finger after the storing step; and moving the write protect switch to the closed position via the finger after the engaging step.