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IBM TS4500 Tape Library

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Unable to change the HOSTNAME in rsyslog

Customer is not able to change the hostname of the library for the rsyslog. Request is to have a GUI function for the customer to change this field within the database.
over 3 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 3 Delivered

Syslog Server Security Enhancement

TS4500 currently support for syslog communication port 514, but port 6514 is required for TLS syslog communication.
over 3 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 2 Delivered

Highlight failed mounts/unmounts

On the gui frontpage, there is a list of mounts/unmounts in black color. Failed mounts are in grey. Why are they hidden away? They should be highlighted instead. Or maybe use a different color scheme. Maybe light green for ok and some red for errors.
over 3 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 3 Delivered

GUI backup and restore option of library configuration

The only option to save (and eventually restore) the library configuration database today is to use the TS4500 CLI. It is Java based and Java is not allowed in some client installations because of security concerns. Moreover, in a TS7700 environme...
over 4 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 2 Delivered

REST API for TS4500

We would like to have an option to check the configuration of a TS4500 with an automated script. How many cleaning vols are in, volumes in I/O station, component status (accessor, gripper, etc.)I know some things are already available with SNMP bu...
almost 5 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 2 Delivered

SKLM to Tape Library to use SSL(TLSv1.2) same as TS3200&TS4300

SKLM to Tape Library to use SSL(TLSv1.2) same as TS3200&TS4300. Please add support for SSL for SKLM to Library communications
almost 6 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 3 Delivered

Add support for SSL for SKLM to library communications

We've had a request from our risk team to ensure all network communication is done via SSL / TLS1.2Currently only the TS3310 and TS4300 support using SSL for SKLM.We would like the same feature on the TS3500 and TS4500 tape libraries
almost 6 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 2 Delivered

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