Pretty much none of the library controllers have options to prompt the user before moving a tape. That is after all the advantage of a _robot_ vs just having a

Pretty much none of the library controllers have options to prompt the user before moving a tape. That is after all the advantage of a _robot_ vs just having a human take it off the shelf and stick it in the drive. So, no "air gapping" a tape library is called tape export, where the tapes are ejected into a port for the operator to stick on the shelf, or ship to cold storage.