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Status Future consideration
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Server)
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 8, 2024

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Add security certificate expiration date to "query status" output

Current options for viewing security certificate include an actlog entry when the server is started and an option to toggle on an ANR message for every session.  Having the expiration date in the query status output would make an easy way for customers to view that expiration date without spamming the actlog and for the information to be viewable after the startup of the Protect server passes out of the actlog retention period. 

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Aug 13, 2026 
    Protect: TSM203>q status (see last line of this output)
IBM Storage Protect Server for Linux/x86_64 - Version 8, Release 2, Level 3.000


                                  Server Name: TSM203
               Server host name or IP address: localhost
                    Server TCP/IP port number: 1500
                                  Crossdefine: On
                          Server Password Set: Yes
                Server Installation Date/Time: 10/12/2025 11:56:43  MST
                     Server Restart Date/Time: 08/07/2026 09:37:20  MST
                               Authentication: On
                   Password Expiration Period: 90 Day(s)
                Invalid Sign-on Attempt Limit: 5
                      Minimum Password Length: 8
       Minimum Password Alphabetic Characters: 0
        Minimum Password Uppercase Characters: 0
        Minimum Password Lowercase Characters: 0
          Minimum Password Numeric Characters: 0
          Minimum Password Special Characters: 0
                         Password Reuse Limit: 0
                                 Registration: Closed
                               Subfile Backup: No
                                 Availability: Enabled
                    Inbound Sessions Disabled:
                   Outbound Sessions Disabled:
                                   Accounting: Off
                       Activity Log Retention: 30 Day(s)
               Activity Log Number of Records: 26683
                            Activity Log Size: <1 M
            Activity Summary Retention Period: 30 Day(s)
                         License Audit Period: 30 Day(s)
                           Last License Audit: 07/14/2026 04:30:14  MST
                    Server License Compliance: FAILED
                            Central Scheduler: Active
                             Maximum Sessions: 150
                   Maximum Scheduled Sessions: 75
                Event Record Retention Period: 10 Day(s)
                       Client Action Duration: 5 Day(s)
            Schedule Randomization Percentage: 25
                        Query Schedule Period: Client
                      Maximum Command Retries: Client
                                 Retry Period: Client
 Client-side Deduplication Verification Level: 0 %
                             Scheduling Modes: Any
                             Active Receivers: CONSOLE ACTLOG SYSLOG
                       Configuration manager?: Off
                             Refresh interval: 60
                       Last Refresh Date/Time:
                            Context Messaging: On
       Table of Contents (TOC) Load Retention: 120 Minute(s)
                   Machine Globally Unique ID: 4c.c5.f9.96.28.d6.ee.11.85.03.00.50.56.9b.cb.c9
                 Archive Retention Protection: Off
                         Database Directories: /home/tsminst1/db
              Total Space of File System (MB): 2,292,156.73
               Used Space on File System (MB): 1,767,583.04
                    Free Space Available (MB): 524,573.69
                          Encryption Strength: AES
      Client CPU Information Refresh Interval: 180
                         Outbound Replication: Enabled
                    Target Replication Server: TSM10
         Default Replication Rule for Archive: ALL_DATA
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          Default Replication Rule for Backup: ALL_DATA
Default Replication Rule for Space Management: ALL_DATA
          Replication Record Retention Period: 30 Day(s)
                                    LDAP User:
                            LDAP Password Set: No
                       Default Authentication: Local
                  Failover High Level Address:
                         Scratchpad retention: 365 Day(s)
        Replication Recovery of Damaged Files: On
                           SUR Occupancy (TB): 0.28
                 SUR Retention Occupancy (TB): 0.00
                      SUR Occupancy Date/Time: 08/07/2026 09:39:49  MST
                      Front-End Capacity (MB): 146,966.20
                       Front-End Client Count: 2
                      Front-End Capacity Date: 08/12/2026 09:40:13  MST
                             Product Offering:
                             Command Approval: Off
     Approver administrators require approval: On
                    Server Globally Unique ID: 46.09.9e.f8.01.a8.f0.11.aa.88.00.50.56.9b.cb.c9
                  Certificate Expiration Date: 08/13/2026 06:14:43  MST
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  • Guest
    Aug 13, 2026

    This feature delivered into IBM Storage Protect Server version 8.2.3

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  • Guest
    Feb 28, 2026

    One can see Certificate expiration date using "Query cert f=d" command. Its shown in the following format

    Not After : <date>

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  • Guest
    Mar 14, 2024

    This request may not be delivered within the release currently under development, but the theme is aligned with the current multi-year strategy. IBM may consider and evaluate any RFE Community feedback for this request through activities such as voting. IBM will update this request in the future.

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