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IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library

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    Please add error in event log when offsite reclaim (at copy export operation) is being stopped in case of a logical volume residing on an inaccessible physical primary volume

    We are doing copy export operation for safeguarded tape on a copy export only dedicated cluster. We had two times the problem, that a physical primary volume was inaccessible, which contained logical volumes that were needed for offsite reclaim op...
    4 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Under review

    Citibank: Add 2 more EKMs entries on the data at rest page on the MI so that we can add 2 IP’s and Ports for SKLM and 2 IP’s and Ports for GKLM (Different Key Servers for Tape and Disk)

    CITI is planning to leverage external encryption for their TS7700 systems as part of their long-term data security strategy. Currently, the Management Interface (MI) on TS7700 only allows for the configuration of a single set of IP addresses and p...
    6 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Under review

    For TS7700 Clusters dedicated only for Copy Export operation, replace primary Pool through Grid-Pool

    Lower Costs, Higher Performance
    6 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

    New implemented setting for customer NTP-Server without possibility changing timezone in Rel. 9.4.26

    With the new TSSC Release 9.4.26 there is now a possibility to configure customers NTP-Server for time synchronization on the console time UI.However, there is no chance to justify the correct timezone. This leads for example to different timezone...
    about 1 year ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

    Please add ACME Client for TSSC

    Most if not all companies no longer allow Self-Signed Certs on their network. Most if not all organizations are requiring 90 day, 180 day or 365 Day certificate renewals. On TSSC this is a cumbersome task .. especially for 90 day cert renewals. A ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 3 Not under consideration

    LWORM immutability

    why is it useful? append is still a change, closer to an air gap solution who would benefit? Sheltered Harbor and applications seeking to create immutable copies on tape using LWORM how should it work? A global parm to allow or not allow a tape da...
    over 1 year ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Planned for future release

    Ability to obtain environmental information

    Many customers want to know in live environmental information such as total power usage (in watts) and inlet temperature (in degrees Celsius) on their TS7700 units. This information is available on DS8K storage arrays via GUI or CLI commands but i...
    over 2 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Future consideration

    IBM support ideas for Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 for 2023 for TS7700 and TS4500

    This would benefit Wells Fargo for the most updated security.
    over 2 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Planned for future release

    Provide a configurable session timeout for the TSSC web management interface.

    Security standards are further restricting the timeout of sessions for admin interfaces. Reduces risk.
    almost 3 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Planned for future release

    Enhancements to MI TS7700 dual control function

    When dual control is enabled, only user modification (for example password) is requested an approval. So it is currently possible to delete all users (admintrator, operator ...) without double control. For security reasons, would it be possible to...
    about 3 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Future consideration

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