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IBM TS4500 Tape Library

Enable the TS4500 Tape Library to accept TLS 1.2 + configuration (Dual TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3)

As the security landscape changes and companies need to fortify their online borders, there has been a widespread push to adopt TLS 1.3. The TS4500 currently only supports TLS 1.2 and many efforts are underway for companies to move forward with th...
about 1 month ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

IBM Lin_Tape driver support für Rocky Linux 8

As mentioned above, it would be great if you would consider supporting Lin_Tape driver for TS4500 Tape Library on Rocky Linux 8.
2 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Under review

Need to have TSSC security information provide by RESTful API

For TSSC devices attached to a VTS7700 there is a RESTful endpoint (/tssc/security/ldapAuthPolicies) that provide security details that are needed to provide evidence of compliance with security baselines. This includes information such as TSSC TL...
3 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

Option to retain current tape assignments when removing/editing VOLSER ranges

Currently, if you have a VOLSER range defined, if you delete it, it will remove all assignments from LLs for tapes within that range. It would be useful to have a simple checkbox/API flag that allows you to skip the unassigning of tapes when a VOL...
3 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

Add TSSC patch information to the systemConsole RESTful endpoint.

Today the TS4500 systemConsole endpoint provides basic TSSC information including the code version. However, it is also important to have a list of patches that have been applied on top of the base code level. For compliance purposes, it allows us...
4 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

Provide support for SHA384 certificate signature algorithm

Today only SHA256 certifiate signature algorithm is supported. SHA256 is the standard industry choice whereby SHA384 is mostly required for high-security environments, financial/government, compliance requirements.
5 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Functionality already exists

Segregate user account management function into a dedicated account and have the option to remove user account management from general privileged accounts such as Administrator or Supervisor.

Providing a user management only account and restricting user management from other privileged accounts such as Administrator or Supervisor. The aim it to segregate user account management role from that of general administrator role as part of se...
6 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

The Tiny PC TSSC/IMC in the library and TS7700 should have a separate FRU for the HDD, instead of replacing the whole system.

When this was initially considered many years ago, HDD failure was very uncommon, but now it's extremely common.
7 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Not under consideration

IBM TS4500 Tape Library with FIPS 140-3 Support

Dear IBM Team, We need your help & support to enable the FIPS 140-3 support with TS4500 + LTO9 + GLKM. Thanks & Regards
7 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

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.
10 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Not under consideration

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