Patent ID: 8903538

Claim:
A computer program product comprising: a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising a computer usable program code configured to: receive a first request to perform an action within a storage medium library, wherein a transportation component will be used to service the first request; receive a second request to perform an action within the storage medium library, wherein the transportation component will be used to service the second request; determine that the transportation component will be empty while servicing part of the first request; responsive to a determination that the transportation component will be empty while servicing part of the first request, determine that the second request can be serviced using the transportation component while servicing the first request; and responsive to a determination that the second request can be serviced using the transportation component while servicing the first request, service at least part of the second request while servicing at least part of the first request.