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Tape - High End Virtualization

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insert more than two media categories/types for logical volumes

Today there are only two media categories available for defining logical volumes in an IBM VTS - Media Type Cartidge System Tape and Enhanced Cartridge. But you can define the volumes as 400MB, 800MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 25GB in the library. Since w...
3 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Needs more information

VTS - Simplify RSYSLOG and TLS configuration

Currently to enable RSYSLOG with TLS is cumbersome and not the same as on other interfaces like TSSC. As documented RSyslog - IBM Documentation one has to add specific certificates with an alias to enable or disable TLS for the RSYSLOG connections...
4 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Planned for future release

Introduce a new command to create additional cache copies within a grid out of existing ones

It is required to have the possibility to create new copies of virtual tapes out of existing (cache) copies in the same grid. As of today, it is not possible to create additional cached copies once the CCP is correct. TS7700 does not distinguish t...
4 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Under review

Introduce a new value for the maximum allowed PMTHLVL in the SETTING or SETTING2 command response

It is required to have the currently allowed maximum of PMTHLVL in the SETTING(2) Library Request command response, e.g. as PMTHMAX This way it is possible to have a check running to verify against the current setting of PMTHLVL. Rational: It is p...
4 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Under review

TSS - Enable DNS over TLS

To implement concepts like zero-trust it must be possible to define in the TSS management console the Name Server as a secured one using DNSSEC and either DNS over HTTPS (DoH) or DNS over TLS (DoT).
8 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

TS77 should write SMF as DS8* systems do

Hi, as everybody else who uses TS7700, we also use BVIR (available within Tape Tools). BVIR makes it possible to get the reports about TS7700 performance, usage, virtual volumes, physical volumes, etc.. Unfortunately, right now we don’t really ...
over 2 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Planned for future release

Buffered log design Enhancement to take advantage of the 65 GB virtual volumes

The majority of TS7700 customers are using in the Data Class setting for Virtual Volume Sizes the default 3490 Counters Handling of “Surface EOT”.There are various reasons why a customer does not want to switch to “Wrap Supported” e.g., they back-...
4 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 2 Not under consideration

TS7770 - Copy of TCT objects written by DS8910 on a TS7770 bucket to physical tape

BrB - Banco de Brasilia, is requesting our support to have objects stored on TS77700 through DS8910 TCT function been moved physical tape.
over 2 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Planned for future release

Support larger tape ranges in the Selective Device Access Control tape range table

The SDAC tape range table supports 50 entries total. A range of A00000-A99999 covers 100K tape volumes. My client uses letters in the second position of the tape volser (A-Z). I have to enter a range such as AA0000-AA9999 (covers 10K tape volumes)...
10 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

Add duplicate volser tolerance to copy export merge and cluster/grid merge process

I attached a präsentation about this requirement
over 1 year ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Not under consideration

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