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IBM TS4500 Tape Library

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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 adding the ability prote...
about 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 2 Future consideration

report the Volser number in rsyslog, SNMP, etc. when eject a cartridge from TS3500/TS4500 via GUI

For Data and Cyber Security and Data availability reasons it is a needed requirement in our company to monitor and protocol each VTS physical stacked which physically leaves the Tape Library. A physical tape eject via the TS7700 MI triggers a host...
almost 2 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 Future consideration

Syslog Server Security Enhancement

TS4500 currently support for syslog communication port 514, but port 6514 is required for TLS syslog communication.
almost 3 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Planned for future release

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...
3 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

Shortening Log Collection time and reduce Log size to speed up service and support for more efficiency

TS4500 Log Collection is running more then 40 minutes and the Log size is greater than 750 MB. To speed up service and support time, we have to reduca tho log colletion duration and also the size of the log files. The idea ist to speed up and shor...
about 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 Future consideration

Firmware Check

System: TS4500Actor: Customer Commerzbank is asking for enhancements regarding library firmware check.Case was opened on behalf of client Commerzbank as a follow up for a critical situation.
over 3 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 Future consideration

Improve CLI security

Today (TS4500 release 1.8.x.x), role permissions modified with the CLI are only honored by Web UI users. CLI users do not honor the modified permissions, only the standard permissions inherited by the original role are applied.
over 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

Web GUI refresh

Customer is clicking on a drive to monitor drive status. Due to automatic web GUI refresh, previously marked drive is moving up or down in drive list (depending on previously sort selection). But this is annoying from customer point of view: Previ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Is a defect

Dual LCC option for single frame libraries

In a single frame configuration there is no redundancy for the library control card. This is a single point of failure and can cause lengthy outages. Dual LCC option would eliminate this.
almost 4 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

ntegrated Cooling with improved filtration and airgap sealing to mitigate particulate intrusion generated by Wildfires on the westcoast.

We offer an integrated cooling option with an air filter for the TS4500. It should be a straightforward matter to replace the existing filter with a model that has a higher rating to mitigate particulates generated by wildfires on the west coast. ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 4 Not under consideration

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