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Or use the following logic which does not require scripting and can use the normal scsi commands:
1)Have an option in the Gui to enable safe guarded copy and the minimum number of days the safeguarded volume should not be accessible , once enabled the Library should behave like this:
2) If a tape is moved to the VIO Station (checkout) the tape will not be moved to the IO-Station, instead it will be assigned to the "Safe guarded copy virt. library" for safe keeping.
3) It will not be possible to use the webgui to move the volume back to the normal library partition (hardcoded in FW)
4) Once the volume is required again by the application, the application should perform a checkin searching the IO Station explicitly for this volume. Since the volume is not in the IO station the action will fail, however the library now knows which volume is required.
5) After the first checkin attempt for the required volume the library will wait the number of days configured in step 1 and only then move the volume to the virtual IO Station and allow checkin.
6) The application will now be able to checkin the volume normally and use it again.
If in case of an emergency (lets say DR Restore) volumes are required from the Safe guarded Library partition the only way to get to them is to go onsite and either press a button on the library console or physically move the volumes to the real IO station.
The request is in fact not about changing or improving the TS4500 CLI but to implement the equivalent of the "assignDataCartridges" command in RestAPI over Ethernet. And, moreover, protect this and related security relevant commands with a two-person integrity concept.