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IBM TS4500 Tape Library

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install mounting brackets for PDU's in Factory for all drive and library frames

The IBM TS4500 (3584) ships mounting bracket PN 45E6651 and Pn 45E6652 ONLY if PDU feature code 1951 is ordered. It is impossible to get these brackets in the field. This is also the perfect place for a customer to install a bulk fiber termination...
almost 7 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 3 Not under consideration

TS4500 name tape drives

It would be nice to have the ability to label each drive in the TS4500 GUI with a name that could be shown/sorted in the "Drives" screen.
about 6 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 4 Not under consideration

Manufacturing Reset

Client would like the ability to put the library back in a Manufacturing Factory Reset state with a CLI command rather than needing IBM Service to clear the existing configuration.
almost 5 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 2 Not under consideration

TS4500 mini PC placement

I had the opportunity to watch the SSRs working on Call Home problem with the TS4500. I would like to suggest an engineering change on the IMC min PC physical placement for consideration. The IMC mini PC is placed at the bottom corner of the end f...
almost 2 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 Not under consideration

check computability of Line tape version 3 .0.60 VS Kernel 3.10.0-1160.25.1.el7.x86_64 , 3.10.0-1160.el7.x86_64 OS RHEL 7.9

Hi Team as advised by PFE Ref to case TS011516098 to open RPQ Ref to old case TS006661327 Devlopment and PFE advised to upgrade from line tape 3.0.56-1.x86_64 to line tape version 3.0.60 in the coming PMN to overcome issue of CPU hang /TSM server ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

TS4500 access when LDAP enabled

TS4500 supports LDAP. It requires LDAP group with admin privileges to be created in Library as well as LDAP domain. After LDAP group creation and integrating access with LDAP the library is not accessible via local accounts. JPMC require both acce...
over 7 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

Enforce Volser ranges explicitly when they are present.

In the TS4500 library software if volser ranges are configured, I would like the library software to explicitly enforce these volser range rules. If a tape is entered that does not fall within the volser range rules the tape is treated as a foreig...
over 6 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 2 Not under consideration

TSSC automated FTP offload of configuration data

System: IBM TS3000 System Console The IBM TSSC is being used as call home device and for event logging of TS3500 events from multiple libraries. An audit requirement is that we are making regular backups of the TSSC configuration information and t...
over 6 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 3 Not under consideration

Enable and disable LME

After LME has been configured, we need a method of temporarily stop new tapes from being encrypted, while still being able to read encrypted tapes.
over 3 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

More detailed logging of security events

logging of security events uses a generic message rather that providing the details. For example, unlocking a user account provides the message "A setting was changed" where as it should state the account of user X was unlocked by user Y on date/t...
about 7 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 2 Not under consideration

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