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    Authorize to set different IP for the NTP server on VTS7780

    Today it is impossible to configure different IP addresses on the clusters of a GRID of VTS7780. The VTS are generally installed on different and remote sites.An NTP server is available on each of the sites, but they have different IP addresses. I...
    6 days ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Under review

    logical volume retrieve in cache - tool

    as IBM lab service unit, we would assist the customer to takeover some tasks the client has to execute by his own side when HW refresh is performed on new ts7700, or when a backup infrastructure change is in place. We need to be able to recall by ...
    5 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Under review

    A potential improvements for tape access from z Cyber Vault. Related to TS7700, RMM and TCDB.

    This Idea is regarding z Cyber Vault and tape usage. An improvements for tape access from z Cyber Vault which is a hot topic in many installations these years. IBM have delivered a solution where we can use tape actively in a z Cyber Vault - safe ...
    5 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 2 Under review

    TS7700 (VTS) - Simplify Certificate Management - accept .pfx or .p12 certificate format

    As the VTS does not support to generate a certificate on the machine itself and only create a sign request. I need to order (from a CA) a certificate that holds the private and public key in a .p12 or .pfx format. However, to upload I have to manu...
    5 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Under review

    Please add error in event log when offsite reclaim (at copy export operation) is being stopped in case of a logical volume residing on an inaccessible physical primary volume

    We are doing copy export operation for safeguarded tape on a copy export only dedicated cluster. We had two times the problem, that a physical primary volume was inaccessible, which contained logical volumes that were needed for offsite reclaim op...
    3 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Under review

    Citibank: Add 2 more EKMs entries on the data at rest page on the MI so that we can add 2 IP’s and Ports for SKLM and 2 IP’s and Ports for GKLM (Different Key Servers for Tape and Disk)

    CITI is planning to leverage external encryption for their TS7700 systems as part of their long-term data security strategy. Currently, the Management Interface (MI) on TS7700 only allows for the configuration of a single set of IP addresses and p...
    4 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Under review

    Add a Quantity field to the Licensed Feature Codes table in the MI GUI for TS7700

    When installing new feature code licenses on the TS7700 GUI, there is not a quantity count for some of the features such as FC 5263. We recently ordered new licensed capacity for TS7700 (QTY 3 of FC 5263 for a total of 300TB). We got one key code ...
    5 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Under review

    Introduce a new command to create additional cache copies within a grid out of existing ones

    It is required to have the possibility to create new copies of virtual tapes out of existing (cache) copies in the same grid. As of today, it is not possible to create additional cached copies once the CCP is correct. TS7700 does not distinguish t...
    over 1 year ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Under review

    Introduce a new value for the maximum allowed PMTHLVL in the SETTING or SETTING2 command response

    It is required to have the currently allowed maximum of PMTHLVL in the SETTING(2) Library Request command response, e.g. as PMTHMAX This way it is possible to have a check running to verify against the current setting of PMTHLVL. Rational: It is p...
    over 1 year ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Under review

    Add Support for OpenSource DBs like PSQL, MySQL

    As an Enterprise Backup solution, Storage Protect should have the ability to integrate with very widely used DB systems such as PostgreSQL (Used in Enterprises as much as in smaller business and private environments). Storing Backups using the DB ...
    almost 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 0 Under review

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