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IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library

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    Make IBM Tape boxes able to generate a CSR much like their DASD counterparts

    The IBM Tape boxes (TS7) currently do not allow the generation of a CSR (certificate signing request). This means you have to generate a certificate off of the box and upload both private and public keys. This is a gross misuse of security and I c...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 2 Future consideration

    TS7700 - Setup of the timezone (to send RSyslog records with the same time as the receiving system)

    TS7700 and TSSC do support the setup of an RSyslog Client and externalize the log collection. However, it is not possible to define a local timezone on either TS7700 or TSSC. This results in a mixture of log entries in the receiving Syslog Server ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 2 Not under consideration

    Enhance "Categories" Panel to Differentiate Between Scratch Volumes and LWORM Retention Volumes in Pending Deletion

    Description : Currently, in the "Categories" panel of the TS7700 (R5.4 & R6.0) related MI interfaces, there is no distinction between volumes that are truly in Scratch status and those that are still under LWORM Retention and only become Scrat...
    8 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1

    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 ...
    about 1 year ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Planned for future release

    Frame swap challenge when using Delayed Premigration. I call it "Autonomic prepare of frame swap when using Delay Premigration”

    Below idea is related to frame swap from old TS7700T subsystem to new TS7700T. Meaning virtual tape having a backend Tape Library(ie TS4500) and backend Pdrives/Pvols. When preparing frame swap, due to hardware renewal, you need to be well prepare...
    about 1 year ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Future consideration

    REST API for TS7700

    We would like to have an option to check the configuration of a TS7700 with an automated script. What pools, SMS constructs, how many volsers, etc. are configured.We have good experiences in REST API with DS8000 and would like to have a REST API i...
    about 6 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 2 Planned for future release

    Detaching BVIR processing from IBMTOOLS - Integration in TS7700 GUI

    Hi, every TS7700 user knows the procedure with downloading ibmload, ibmcntl, ibmjcl... from the ibmtools library etc. This is necessary to be able to further process BVIR data generated by the system on the zos. In order to be able to process new ...
    over 3 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 3 Future consideration

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

    I attached a präsentation about this requirement
    almost 3 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

    Automating the management of certificates on devices

    The creation, renewal and deletion of server certificates on devices is a manual process that has to be done through the GUI. The management of this can be a lot when dealing with multiple machines and requires a reboot. In the future if, for comp...
    over 2 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Future consideration

    AOS Control in the TS7700 MI

    Please make the AOS Stop/Start/Restart Controls available in the TS7700 MI. This should be much like it is in the DS8K GUI.
    almost 4 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 2 Future consideration

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