Asynchronous management of movable components

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, cause performance of operations comprising:

receiving a first request to perform a first operation in a tape library, the first operation comprising a first physical task to be performed by a physical component;

based on the first request:

(a) initializing a first message handler executing in a first execution thread;

(b) retrieving, from persistent storage, state data associated with the physical component;

(c) instantiating, using the state data, a first code object representing the physical component; and

(d) transmitting, using at least the first message handler and the first code object, instructions to the physical component to perform the first physical task;

receiving, by a first process executing in a second execution thread different than the first execution thread, a first message from the physical component indicating completion of the physical task; and

based on the first message from the physical component:

(a) initializing a second message handler executing in a third execution thread; and

(b) updating persistent storage, by the second message handler, with first updated state data associated with the physical component.

2. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a second request to perform a second operation in the tape library, the second operation comprising a second physical task to be performed by the physical component;

based on the second request:

(a) initializing a third message handler executing in a fourth execution thread;

(b) retrieving, from persistent storage, the updated state data associated with the physical component;

(c) instantiating, using the updated state data, a second code object representing the physical component; and

(d) transmitting, using at least the third message handler and the second code object, instructions to the physical component to perform the second physical task;

receiving, by a second process executing in a fifth execution thread different than the fourth execution thread, a second message from the physical component indicating completion of the second physical task; and

based on the second message from the physical component:

(a) initializing a fourth message handler executing in a sixth execution thread; and

(b) updating persistent storage, by the fourth message handler, with second updated state data associated with the physical component.

3. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a second request to perform a second operation in the tape library, the second operation comprising a second physical task to be performed by the physical component;

transmitting, using at least a third message handler and a second code object representing the physical component, instructions to the physical component to perform the second physical task;

receiving a second message indicating a failure of the second physical task;

based on the second message indicating the failure:

(a) initializing a fourth message handler; and

(b) performing, by the fourth message handler, at least one remedial action associated with the failure.

4. The medium of claim 3 , wherein the at least one remedial action comprises undoing at least one system change associated with the second operation.

5. The medium of claim 3 , wherein the at least one remedial action comprises attempting to perform the physical task using a different physical component.

6. The medium of claim 3 , wherein the at least one remedial action comprises attempting to recover the first physical component.

7. The medium of claim 3 , wherein the second message indicating the failure is received from a monitoring process, based on expiration of a timer associated with the second physical task.

8. The medium of claim 1 , wherein state data associated with the physical component comprises a physical position of the physical component in the tape library and an idle status of the physical component.

9. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the first execution thread executes on a first processor in a server cluster and the second execution thread executes on a second processor in the server cluster.

10. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

terminating the first execution thread upon successfully transmitting instructions to the physical component.

11. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the second execution thread and the third execution thread correspond to a same execution thread.

12. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the second execution thread and the third execution thread correspond to different execution threads.

13. A system comprising:

one or more hardware processors; and

one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions, which when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause execution of operations comprising:

receiving a first request to perform a first operation in a tape library, the first operation comprising a first physical task to be performed by a physical component;

based on the first request:

(a) initializing a first message handler executing in a first execution thread;

(b) retrieving, from persistent storage, state data associated with the physical component;

(c) instantiating, using the state data, a first code object representing the physical component; and

(d) transmitting, using at least the first message handler and the first code object, instructions to the physical component to perform the first physical task;

receiving, by a first process executing in a second execution thread different than the first execution thread, a first message from the physical component indicating completion of the physical task; and

based on the first message from the physical component:

(a) initializing a second message handler executing in a third execution thread; and

(b) updating persistent storage, by the second message handler, with first updated state data associated with the physical component.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a second request to perform a second operation in the tape library, the second operation comprising a second physical task to be performed by the physical component;

based on the second request:

(e) initializing a third message handler executing in a fourth execution thread;

(f) retrieving, from persistent storage, the updated state data associated with the physical component;

(g) instantiating, using the updated state data, a second code object representing the physical component; and

(h) transmitting, using at least the third message handler and the second code object, instructions to the physical component to perform the second physical task;

receiving, by a second process executing in a fifth execution thread different than the fourth execution thread, a second message from the physical component indicating completion of the second physical task; and

based on the second message from the physical component:

(c) initializing a fourth message handler executing in a sixth execution thread; and

(d) updating persistent storage, by the fourth message handler, with second updated state data associated with the physical component.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a second request to perform a second operation in the tape library, the second operation comprising a second physical task to be performed by the physical component;

transmitting, using at least a third message handler and a second code object representing the physical component, instructions to the physical component to perform the second physical task;

receiving a second message indicating a failure of the second physical task;

based on the second message indicating the failure:

(c) initializing a fourth message handler; and

(d) performing, by the fourth message handler, at least one remedial action associated with the failure.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the at least one remedial action comprises undoing at least one system change associated with the second operation.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the at least one remedial action comprises attempting to recover the first physical component.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein state data associated with the physical component comprises a physical position of the physical component in the tape library and an idle status of the physical component.

19. The system of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:

terminating the first execution thread upon successfully transmitting instructions to the physical component.

20. A method comprising:

receiving a first request to perform a first operation in a tape library, the first operation comprising a first physical task to be performed by a physical component;

based on the first request:

(a) initializing a first message handler executing in a first execution thread;

(b) retrieving, from persistent storage, state data associated with the physical component;

(c) instantiating, using the state data, a first code object representing the physical component; and

(d) transmitting, using at least the first message handler and the first code object, instructions to the physical component to perform the first physical task;

receiving, by a first process executing in a second execution thread different than the first execution thread, a first message from the physical component indicating completion of the physical task; and

based on the first message from the physical component:

(a) initializing a second message handler executing in a third execution thread; and

(b) updating persistent storage, by the second message handler, with first updated state data associated with the physical component;

wherein the method is performed by at least one device comprising a hardware processor.