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IBM TS4500 Tape Library

Implement IP filter for defining on how to access the IP-based mangement interfaces of a TS4500 library

The use of "Safeguarded Tape" increases the potential attack vector on the tape library's management interfaces. One way to better protect these interfaces would be the functionality of an "IP filter" (integrated in the TS4500 internal ICC), which...
about 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

NTP updates needed

Static NTP IP addressing still being used in TS7700 and TS4500 hardware. We have new datacenter requirements of using DNS names instead of static IPs. Also giving the customer the ability to set these in the VTS hydra and being able to display the...
about 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

Enhance REST API Export a log file with keyword: latest

it would be useful to extend the GET /v1/logs/<filename>/export command so that you could enter a 'latest'-Tag as filename for example and then the ‘most recent - completed’ log is exported. GET /v1/logs/latest/export -> Exports the most ...
about 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

Segregate user account management function into a dedicated account and have the option to remove user account management from general privileged accounts such as Administrator or Supervisor.

Providing a user management only account and restricting user management from other privileged accounts such as Administrator or Supervisor. The aim it to segregate user account management role from that of general administrator role as part of se...
14 days ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

mount and unmount events are not in the event log or sent to syslog servers

The mount and demount activity from the home page of the TS4500 GUI should be reflected in the event log GUI and the syslog stream. Having to look at multiple locations to find activity details adds complexity during incident review/debugging.
5 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

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