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IBM TS4500 Tape Library

Get a cartridge lifetime report of entire library inventory via REST API

Current mount history report is limited to 100 entries. Options to retrieve required information is available: REST API option /v1/dataCartridges/SYD197L9 contains cartridge lifetime, but customer needs to filter out required information. Since TS...
over 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

Need to protect Encryption Key Servers with Dual Control

In case a hacker can login to TS4500 web GUI via admin user. He can do several stuffs like switch on Library-managed encryption (LME)? Data is encrypted and can no longer be processed if the hacker drops the key server. Please protect the Encrypti...
over 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

REST-API request for GET a list of defined LDAP Users/Groups and their roles

Security department needs to report weekly a status of important security parameters to the German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). We need REST-API to query detailed permissions of authenticated users. Which LDAP Users/Groups are defined ...
over 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

extend the eventlog - type Audit 'A cartridge setting was changed'

When a physical tape is moved to the i/O station or a drive a audit statement in the eventlog will be create. In this record are no information about the cartridge and no information about the target destination(drive oder I/O Station). The sendin...
about 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

Protect Syslog Server panel with Dual Control

What happen when a hacker will change IP for RSYSLOG server. Logs are no longer transfered to syslog server and nobody is able to no longer see what happens at the Library. Please protect Syslog Server Panel with Dual Control
over 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

Prometheus Exporter for Tape Library metrics

Currently the CLI and the REST API allows to monitor the TS4500 library by self written scripts. But it would be very useful to have a simple script which already provides all available metrics of the library to Prometheus. In our Environment we u...
over 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

Add export logs to IBM (call home) via REST API Endpoint.

With this customer could automated the Datacollection and the export to IBM Ecurep.
about 3 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

TS4500 improve Remote Authentication (LDAP, RACF) support for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Multi-factor authentication is a major component of security policies in many companies. TS4500 supports remote authentication with MFA when used with Duo (authentication proxy). However, this client has already invested in an MFA infrastructure t...
over 2 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

Increased detail on TS4500 log events.

Customer has requested the TS4500 log events be modified to reflect a higher level of granularity. The specific ask is to make the TS4500 log details similar (if not identical) to the logs produced by the TS4300. The customer appreciates the level...
7 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future 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 ...
about 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

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