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IBM TS4300 Tape Library

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Tape libraries (TS4500, TS4300, TS3200, TS3310, and TS3500) to alert if any and all encryption servers are not reachable

Tape libraries (TS4500, TS4300, TS3200, TS3310, and TS3500) to alert if any and all encryption servers are not reachable. This would useful during production monitoring.
about 3 years ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library 1 Future consideration

Allow allocation of a cross-library dedicated cleaning slot without wasting 5unit slot

Allow allocation of a cross-library dedicated cleaning slot (shared by all libs/tapes) without wasting 5unit slot. Generically, and possibly, allow also for logical libraries to be partitioned using an atomic unit less than 5slot (i.e. single slots).
over 3 years ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library 0 Future consideration

Open I/O slots to all logical libraries

IBM problem number866018YV3V TS4300 currently does not allow I/O slots to be visible to all logical libraries defined in the tape library. I/O can only be assigned to a single logical library. This is different to how other TS Tape Libraries work ...
over 3 years ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library 2 Not under consideration

Allow specification of CN in LDAP authentication for TS4300 login

Currently when configuring LDAP authentication on TS4300 the user CN is fixed cn=xxxxx.Modern authentication servers use different common names than "CN" - like "UID", ... Please add ability to specify which User CN is being used for LDAP connecti...
about 4 years ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library 1 Future consideration