AUTOMATED MESSAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO AUTOMATICALLY MANAGE INTRODUCTION OF REMOVABLE DATA STORAGE MEDIA INTO MEDIA LIBRARY

Replacing a human operator, an automated message processing system communicates with a data storage subsystem. The automated message processing system receives messages from the data storage subsystem signalling the insertion of an item of removable data storage media, such as a tape cartridge, into a tape library of the data storage subsystem. Such messages are selectively routed to one of many specialized expert local facilities, or ELFs. In response to input from the data storage subsystem, the ELFs generate appropriate output messages, ultimately transmitted to the data storage subsystem to direct cataloguing, categorization, and even labeling of inserted media.