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IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library

Add TS7700 stats to the IBM Storage Insights GUI Panels

Add TS7700 stats to the IBM Storage Insights GUI Panels
10 days ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Planned for future release

Enable PIV/CAC Certificate-Based Authentication with LDAP for IBM DS8K and IBM TS7700

We request an enhancement to the IBM DS8K and IBM TS7700 systems to support certificate-based authentication using PIV/CAC cards in conjunction with LDAP. Currently, these systems only support password-based authentication with LDAP, which does no...
18 days ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Under review

TS7700 and TSSC to support NTP server configuration using FQDN name instead of IP

The NTP server IP may change in the background, requiring updates to the VTS NTP configuration. Allowing the use of an FQDN (Fully qualified domain name) for NTP server configuration would help maintain consistent time synchronization for TS7700 a...
25 days ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Not under consideration

Updating MI Write-Protect Mode

Enable the ability to do a copy to clusters when adding excluded categories when setting up Write-Protect mode. This would make it easier for the cluster to setup instead of having to go cluster by cluster. This is especially important when you ha...
about 1 month ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Under review

Would like Library Request parameters made available through RESTful API endpoints

Today, all TS7700 parameters that can be seen via the LI REQ,cluster,SETTING andLI REQ,cluster,SETTING2 commands cannot be retrieved or reported on via RESTful APIs. This information is of extreme importance when verifying device configurations fo...
about 1 month ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Future consideration

Add NTP status and IP address(es) to RESTful endpoint.

This is needed for compliance reporting. Today there is no means to report the NTP status of our TS7700 devices when required by auditors, regulators, etc. By adding this information to one of the TS7700 RESTful endpoints, we could report this inf...
about 1 month ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Future consideration

Add TSSC patches to RESTful endpoints that provide TSSC information.

Today the TS7700 mrpd and tssc endpoints provide basic TSSC information including 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 to ...
about 1 month ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Future consideration

Ability to add a second NTP server on TS7700

Have the ability to configure a second NTP server on TS7700 to improve resiliency, operational stability, and compliance while reducing infrastructure risk.
about 2 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Not under consideration

Machine rack door intrusion notification and machine rack door intrusion prevention.

Customers would be able to add another layer of notification and/or security to all their IBM machines that have doors. I propose a door sensor and/or door lock feature code that would let customers know if somebody has opened the door of their ma...
about 2 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Not under consideration

TS7700: Audit tracking for Dual Control

When SSA was testing dual control there is no end-to-end audit tracking. The customer when to add a dataclass contrust, we see the request in the dual control request menu. Then the checker when an approved the request. it disappears from the requ...
2 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Future consideration