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IBM TS4500 Tape Library

Support modern SSO protocols

TS4500 only supports LDAP & Kerberos, this request is for integration with SSO using modern protocols such as SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0 and/or OIDC.
10 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

Display write-protect status of a cartridge in the UI and API

It would be a really useful feature to be able to see at a glance which tapes in the library currently have their write-protect switch turned on.
about 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

IBM TS4500 Tape Library with FIPS 140-3 Support

Dear IBM Team, We need your help & support to enable the FIPS 140-3 support with TS4500 + LTO9 + GLKM. Thanks & Regards
3 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

Automatically assign cartridges to volser range instead of keeping them only in VIO

Currently (1.11 firmware level) only 255 cartridges can be inserted in the library without running checkin libvol/label libvol as they fill up the VIO slots of the library.As we often add a batch of a few thousands to increase capacity, this alway...
about 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

DNS names instead of IP addresses in TS4500

In TS4500 I can not use DNS names for define Syslog or encription server, Only IP addresses are allowed. It's problematic when using certificates signed by our authority and use IP address in SAN is not common.
over 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

Open AOS for TS4500 via TSSC REST API Call

(I have opened this case in the TS4500 product area because I cannot select the TSSC (TS3000) in the product area in the IDEAS portal) We want to open AOS (Assist on Site) access via a REST API call to automate and speed up internal processes. The...
over 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

Allow Rest Logins Audit msg to be deactivated

If we check every 10 mins drive state, we get 144 login and 144 logout messages in the event logs of the library. The minimum would be the allow a API user creation who can only read for example and for whom one can deactivate then msg or similar....
11 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

REST-API request for managing certificates

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 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

Unify the naming of settings for LDAP configuration

Different IBM Storage product (TS7700/TS4500/TSSC/…) are using LDAP but they are naming the different settings within the configuration different. My suggestion is to have this standardize across the various products.
almost 2 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

We would like to have a way to export/import LDAP settings cross different IBM Storage systms.

Customer approached me asking why TS4500/TSSC/TS7700/DS8000 all are using separate ways to configure LDAP. They are requesting a way to configure one system and then copy these settings to the others. IBM in Tucson develop all, so this should be p...
almost 2 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Future consideration

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