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Status Planned for future release
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 24, 2012

Stronger passwords for TSM

Expanded character set for TSM passwords to meet industry standard complexity requirements.

Most places require a password with the following:

* Are at least eight alphanumeric characters long
* Contain at least three of the following four categories:
o upper case characters (e.g., A-Z)
o lower case characters (e.g., a-z)
o Digits (e.g., 0-9)
o Special characters ( e.g., !@#$%^&*()_+|~-=\`{}[]:";'<>?,./)

TSM passwords are not case sensitive and only allow five special characters.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    Jun 12, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Tivoli
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

  • Guest
    Reply
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    Aug 9, 2012

    Thank you for submitting the request. This is a recognized requirement and a solution will be delivered in 2012.   
     IBM’s plans may change and no commitment is made that a solution will be provided.