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Add setup options for secure, encrypted and authenticated E-Mail notification for Tape Library TS4500

For security reasons we need the possibility to send authenticated and encrypted (TLS) alert emails with a predefined email address as sender. Unfortunately only authentification for emails is currently configurable.
4 days ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 Under review

mount and unmount events are not in the event log or sent to syslog servers

The mount and demount activity from the home page of the TS4500 GUI should be reflected in the event log GUI and the syslog stream. Having to look at multiple locations to find activity details adds complexity during incident review/debugging.
19 days ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 Future consideration

Increased detail on TS4500 log events.

Customer has requested the TS4500 log events be modified to reflect a higher level of granularity. The specific ask is to make the TS4500 log details similar (if not identical) to the logs produced by the TS4300. The customer appreciates the level...
about 2 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Future consideration

Support modern SSO protocols

TS4500 only supports LDAP & Kerberos, this request is for integration with SSO using modern protocols such as SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0 and/or OIDC.
4 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Future consideration

Allow Rest Logins Audit msg to be deactivated

If we check every 10 mins drive state, we get 144 login and 144 logout messages in the event logs of the library. The minimum would be the allow a API user creation who can only read for example and for whom one can deactivate then msg or similar....
5 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 3 Future consideration

Join/SFMP support for RHEL 9/10

Please add Join/SFMP support to lin_tape driver to allow customers running 3rd party backup softwares utilizing it from RHEL8 to RHEL 9 (and eventually to RHEL 10).
5 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

Display write-protect status of a cartridge in the UI and API

It would be a really useful feature to be able to see at a glance which tapes in the library currently have their write-protect switch turned on.
6 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Future consideration

Users with the “Monitor” role should also be able to change their own password using RoE

Since firmware version 1.10, it has been possible to change a user's password via a RoE endpoint. According to the documentation, every user should be able to change their own password. However, according to the support team, this is not available...
6 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 4 Is a defect

Automatically assign cartridges to volser range instead of keeping them only in VIO

Currently (1.11 firmware level) only 255 cartridges can be inserted in the library without running checkin libvol/label libvol as they fill up the VIO slots of the library.As we often add a batch of a few thousands to increase capacity, this alway...
7 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 Future consideration

extend the eventlog - type Audit 'A cartridge setting was changed'

When a physical tape is moved to the i/O station or a drive a audit statement in the eventlog will be create. In this record are no information about the cartridge and no information about the target destination(drive oder I/O Station). The sendin...
8 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 Future consideration