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IBM TS4500 Tape Library

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    Include environmental informations (humidity/temperature) into REST-API GET Drives and GET Library output

    In order to ensure the operation of a TS4500 according to the defined environmental specifications, it must be possible to query these values directly without first collecting and evaluating drive logs and converting specific pages / hex codes to ...
    10 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 2 Functionality already exists

    DNS names instead of IP addresses in TS4500

    In TS4500 I can not use DNS names for define Syslog or encription server, Only IP addresses are allowed. It's problematic when using certificates signed by our authority and use IP address in SAN is not common.
    about 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 Future consideration

    Implement certificate validation

    Currently certificates are not validated. If a corrupted/defect certificate is uploaded, the library just accept it, and the gui will be broken/not accessible any more. The only way to fix this is to directly access the gui via the panel on your (...
    12 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Is a defect

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

    Join/SFMP support for RHEL 9/10

    Please add Join/SFMP support to lin_tape driver to allow customers running 3rd party backup softwares utilizing it from RHEL8 to RHEL 9 (and eventually to RHEL 10).
    5 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

    Provide functionality for a "Time Protected Checkout" from Safeguarded Logical Library

    The use of Safeguarded Tape increases the potential attack vector on the tape library's management interfaces. The ability to configure a minimum time period that must elapse after assigning/checkin a cartridge/volume to the "Safeguarded" logical ...
    9 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Future consideration

    Possibility to provide more granular RBAC permissions

    The use of Safeguarded Tape increases the potential attack vector on the tape library's management interfaces. The currently implemented options for assigning role-based permissions do not allow these permissions to be assigned granularly to indiv...
    9 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

    Implement IP filter for defining on how to access the IP-based mangement interfaces of a TS4500 library

    The use of "Safeguarded Tape" increases the potential attack vector on the tape library's management interfaces. One way to better protect these interfaces would be the functionality of an "IP filter" (integrated in the TS4500 internal ICC), which...
    9 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 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.
    about 5 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 Future consideration

    lin_tape driver for Ubuntu is outdated, any plans to update in the near future?

    lin_tape driver is needed for all IBM LTO tape drives and libraries. We have applications running on Ubuntu and need a current version of the driver. With the current version we are stuck to Ubuntu 20.04 and can't move forward.
    almost 2 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

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