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IBM TS7700

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GUI should indicate if TS7700 is in 'skip' mode

We had a long VTS outage during which time errors were not being reported due to the VTS being in 'skip' mode. We would like some visible notification of the VTS being in 'skip' mode or health status screen that would show all the current componen...
almost 4 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Future consideration

Increase TS3000 TSSC password to more than the 16 character limit

Passwords are increasing in the length. Our firm requires a minimum 16 character password as a standard. The TSSC webUI seems to have a 16 character limit whereas the TS7700 webUI supports longer passwords. We use LDAP and a single signon methodol...
almost 2 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Planned for future release

Show GiB utilization on TS7700 MI Media Categories panel

A need to show GiB utilization on TS7700 MI Media Categories panel by category will be very helpful and enhance the TS7700 MI usability.
almost 5 years ago in IBM TS7700 2 Future consideration

Enhancements to TS7700 VESHSTATS statistics

Enhancements in next VEHSTATS reports:H21ADPSU Add information about how many FICON channels are working and the nominal transfer speed (4GB, 8GB, ...) on every cluster.H33GRID Add information about how many gridlinks are working and the nominal t...
over 6 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Not under consideration

Add Optional Timeout Value for AoS Enablement

The TSSC home screen has a button that allows a user to Start or Stop AoS. This functionality could benefit from allowing an optional timeout value that would specify the maximum amount of time AoS can remain enabled. This is useful because allowi...
about 1 year ago in IBM TS7700 1 Functionality already exists

Broadcast a warning message when the active logical volumes are near the logical volume license

In the current design, there is no alert setting that will broadcast a warning message when the active logical volumes managed is near the logical volume license. Many customers rely on automation to get an alert from any subsystem in their enviro...
over 4 years ago in IBM TS7700 1 Future consideration

List of expired logical volumes

When an expire hold is set on the TS77, the System deletes every hour an amount of tapes. We'd like to know what is deleted or even better, what will be deleted on a certain date. Having this list in zOS, we can compare the Information with the RM...
over 4 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Future consideration

TS7760 / Introduce 10GB Ethernet SW

A French customer, CNP Assurance use only 10 GbE SW in their network.The 3 TS7760 the just bought in 2019 don't use it and they need to install a 10 GbE LW just for the TS7760.They think it is a old fashioned tech and wants to abandon it.
almost 5 years ago in IBM TS7700 2 Planned for future release

TS7700 should have different grid ports for Deferred work vs. sync & remote mounts

We have a multiple site TS7700 configuration with multiple grids in each location. The majority of our cross site workload is deferred. However, we have some critical workloads that we need to sync across the distance. An example of this is the HS...
about 5 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Future consideration

Request the ability to read and write C07 style tapes behind the TS7770 including previously written C07 tapes.

CTBC Bank currently use three TS7740 with GRID connection, we are proposing three TS7770 to replace them.Since CTBC did implement backup 3-2-1 policy. After daily backup jobs they did submit other backup jobs to physical copy those that need to be...
almost 4 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Not under consideration

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