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    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.
    13 days ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 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

    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

    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

    Two-person Integrity for Safeguarded Tape in the RestAPI

    Because of our Safeguarded Tape implementation we see many gaps in the security of the current ts4500-java-cli.  As stated with dev the goal is to implement all the security requirements on Rest API.  These changes include addi...
    over 2 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 2 Future consideration

    Allow Lun masking for the control path

    With the TS4500 and other tape libraries, the Library Control path (SMC Device) is presented via Lun 1 over one or more drives, while access to the drive (RMT Device) itself is provided using Lun 0. In a larger tape environment, there is usually a...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under 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...
    7 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 Future consideration

    Open AOS for TS4500 via TSSC REST API Call

    (I have opened this case in the TS4500 product area because I cannot select the TSSC (TS3000) in the product area in the IDEAS portal) We want to open AOS (Assist on Site) access via a REST API call to automate and speed up internal processes. The...
    about 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 Future 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

    REST-API request for managing certificates

    The creation, renewal and deletion of server certificates on devices is a manual process that has to be done through the GUI. The management of this can be a lot when dealing with multiple machines and requires a reboot. In the future if, for comp...
    about 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 Future consideration

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