IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware
Announcement ZG14-0114
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Centralizes management of tape resources
IBM offers a wide range of management software options for TS4500.
IBM TS4500 command line interface (CLI):
Enables users to interact with the
TS4500 with automated scripts to perform specific tasks.
IBM Tape System Reporter:
Enables administrators to monitor and report on the
performance, utilization, and health of their tape library.
IBM Tape System Library Manager:
Enables clients to manage large tape
environments that span multiple libraries as a single system.
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager:
Simplifies encryption key management with
an intuitive user interface.
Product preview
IBM intends to introduce IBM Linear Tape File System
TM
(LTFS) Library Edition (LE),
Storage Manager, and Enterprise Edition (EE) support to the IBM TS4500 tape
libraries in the third quarter of 2014.
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withdrawal without notice at IBM's sole discretion. Information regarding potential
future products is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not
be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information mentioned regarding
potential future products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver
any material, code, or functionality. Information about potential future products
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any future features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole
discretion.
Key prerequisites
Prerequisites for using encryption
Certain hardware and software prerequisites must be met before using encryption
with the TS4500 tape library.
With the TS4500 tape library, encryption is managed at the logical library level. All
encryption-enabled drives that are assigned to a logical library use the same method
of encryption. The rules for setting up encryption differ based on whether the library
is installed with 3592 or LTO tape drives, and whether you use Library-Managed
Encryption (LME) or Application-Managed Encryption (AME). If the library contains
3592 tape drives, the following prerequisites apply:
• IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager (formerly Tivoli® Key Lifecycle Manager)
must be attached to the TS4500 and configured for LME.
• Tape drives must be enabled for encryption from the Logical Libraries page of the
TS4500 management GUI.
If the library contains LTO tape drives, the following prerequisites apply:
• Tape drives must be enabled for encryption from the Logical Libraries page of the
TS4500 management GUI.
• Feature code 1604, Transparent LTO Encryption, is required for LTO tape drives if
using LME.
• IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager is required as the key manager when using
LME with LTO.
