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Possibility to define the NTP server address through the TS7700 MI by using administrator user (customer)

Currently the NTP server can be configured in the TS7700 cluster or GRID by the IBM SSR. The customer wants to be able to define the NTP server adress through the TS7700 Management Interface by using its administrator user.
about 3 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Not under consideration

G0015 message should have corresponding information in TS7700 MI

We recently had a very short 16 second total WAN outage between our two data centers. During this time at least one cluster in every VTS grid send out this message:CBR3750I MESSAGE FROM LIBRARY PVTD016: G0013 Library 00016 has experienced an unexp...
about 4 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

TS7700 GUI needs information on G0013 message

Over a weekend we received G0013 messages from our VTS's indicating loss of network access between the clusters in the grid. When attempting to diagnose the issue we logged on but saw no evidence in the Events log that would indicate a network out...
about 4 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Is a defect

BVIR maintenance integrated in zOS

BVIR delivers very good Reports, but is maintained outside of zOS. The Tapetools have to be downloaded, unpacked, installed, the already used JCL has to be checked for changes. The TS7700 is maintained with PTFs instead, as it is usual in zOS.
about 5 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Not under consideration

TS7700 Feature License should be exportable

The TS7700 feature licenses panel does not allow exporting of the list. We had a discrepancy between what we had purchased and the codes that had been installed. It was difficult to match those up without an export action on the panel when there a...
about 4 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

TS7700 SSL cetficate for AWS

My client would like to use a certifcate for the SSL connection to AWS S3 buckets.
10 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 2 Needs more information

Connect TS7700 to an AWS S3 bucket with an IAM Role

Our customer wants to be able to connect their TS7700 to an AWS S3 Bucket using an IAM Role without the need of the access key and the secret key.
10 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 2 Not under consideration

BVIR Audit volumes should ignore volume copies 'in flight'

We utilize the BVIR 'COPY AUDIT' function to identify volumes that are missing copies in some or all of the clusters in a grid. As an example of this use we run a COPY AUDIT with the EXCLUDE parameter to specify a cluster that is being removed fro...
over 4 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

TS7700 - Surface NTP server usage via TS7700 Management Interface

Wells Fargo has requested that the TS7700 provide a method via the Management Interface that allows them to validate they the Ts7700 is utilizing a NTP server and what the IP address is for that NTP server. NTP is currently activated by the SSR vi...
over 5 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Not under consideration

Add Additional SYNC Copy Information to BVIR Historical Statistics

The existing BVIR historical statistics records do not contain enough information to determine the percentage of synchronous (SYNC) copies that were processed in a deferred (SYNC-deferred) manner in each fifteen (15) minute reporting interval. Onc...
over 5 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

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