Patent ID: 8341182

Claim:
A system for recalling data storage media components to a media library based on changes made to data in a file system, comprising: a processor; a data change component coupled to the processor, wherein the data change component provides information related to changes made to an original copy of a data set stored by a local file system, wherein the local file system is associated with a data storage system that comprises a media library, and wherein a physical media component that is located outside of the media library contains a second copy of the data set; a data identification component that is configured to identify the physical media component that contains the second copy of the data set and that is located outside of the media library in response to being provided with the information related to the changes made to the original copy of the data set; and a media recall component, in communication with the data change component and the data identification component, that is configured to automatically initiate a recall of the identified physical media component that contains the second copy of the data set to the media library in response to (a) being provided with the information related to the changes made to the original copy of the data set and (b) at a time when the original copy of the data set is still stored by the local file system; and an action component, in communication with the data change component and the data identification component, wherein the action component performs an action based on the changes made to the original copy of the data set stored by the local file system using the recalled media component.