Patent ID: 8291158
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to enforce policy controls for non-system managed tape media, the apparatus comprising: an identification module comprising executable code stored on a physical storage device, executed by a processor, and configured to identify a tape media type of a tape media cartridge retrieved by a robotic accessor of an automated tape library, the tape media type comprising one of Write Once Read Many (WORM) tape media and Read/Write (RW) tape media; a policy module comprising executable code stored on the physical storage device, executed by the processor, and configured to maintain a plurality of control policies for tape media types, the control policies comprising a first tier that requires WORM tape media for non-specified data classes and a second tier for pre-specified data classes that requires a corresponding media type for each of the pre-specified data classes, wherein the non-specified data classes comprise all data classes except the pre-specified data classes; and a media control module comprising executable code stored on the physical storage device, executed by the processor, and configured to enforce the plurality of control policies.