IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal
This is the public portal for all IBM Z Hardware and Operating System related offerings. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).
Shape the future of IBM!
We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:
Search existing ideas
Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,
Post your ideas
Post an idea.
Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.
Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.
Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use
Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.
IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.
ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.
The TS7700 RESTful API could be exploited from a Linux guest to provide this function. Using the curl command, you could use the token API to obtain an authentication token, providing a Management Interface user ID and password as input. A grep command could extract the token value for use with the other APIs. For the purposes of this particular requirement, the writeProtectModes API would provide the necessary information. A better approach might be to write a Python script to exploit this interface.
The API description document is provided by the TS7700. Just point a browser to the server host name or IP address, port 443 (i.e., HTTPS). It is also available from IBM Documentation at https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ts7700-virtual-tape/6.0.0?topic=STFS69_6.0/TS7700_RESTful_API.yaml. In addition, there is some introductory information, including a sample Python script, provided here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ts7700-virtual-tape/6.0.0?topic=reference-restful-api.
Romney White
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