Virtual TapeServer 8.2 Release Notes

Resolved Issues and Enhancements | 14
General operations
 Security restrictions on OS (Linux) passwords now enforced. An acceptable
password must comprise eight characters, including one numeric character, one
uppercase character, one lowercase character, and one other (non-alphanumeric)
character. VTS now enforces these restrictions. (TL-7462, EAR 7846)
Note An uppercase letter that begins the password and a digit that ends it do not count
towards the number of character classes used (this actual line is shown to the user
when changing a password). This means that although we state that we require at
least 1 Upper, 1 Lower, 1 Digit, and 1 Other character, the change actually
requires an Upper that is NOT at the beginning and a Digit that is NOT at the
end. For example:
Good: vtsDev5?
Bad: Vtsdev?5
 Tape Position Error on start of backup. After loading a tape and labeling it, a Tape
Position error was generated when the start of the backup spaced back into the filemark
at the end of the label. An incorrect check condition of End of Data was returned instead
of a Filemark was Detected causing the backup to be terminated with a tape Position
Error. This has been fixed. (TL-7455, EAR 8590)
 Command responses were issued before data was available. VTS responded to
commands such as the Inquiry pages and Mode pages before they were available, either
giving no data or the wrong data. This caused issues for AS/400; it could not properly
determine the tape type. It also caused AS/400 to stop discovering devices on that
port.This has been fixed. (TL-5376, EAR 7251)
 The 3580 emulation type has been replaced with ULT3580-TD1. (TL-6928)
 The 3580-TD4 emulation type has been replaced with ULT3580-TD4. (TL-6929)
 Could not unmount a tape that was reserved by a host when a drive is varied on
by AS/400. Now, you can unmount a tape from a VTD when the VTD is still varied on by
AS/400. (TL-6979, EAR 8132, EAR 8238)
 Restore errors and loss of VTD may have resulted if write request was too large.
If a write was requested but it was too large, two responses were generated causing a
timeout and isp errors in the system logs. This was seen when trying to restore a tape and
may have caused the loss of a VTD. This has been fixed. (TL-6571, EAR 7711)
 hsm_enable set to YES by default, caused errors when mounting an empty
virtual tape. When you attempted to mount an empty virtual tape (no user data in the
file, only a label), errors indicating a TSM error occurred though TSM was not configured.
Now, hsm_enabled is set to NO by default in the configuration file. (TL-6881)
Web interface
This section has been subdivided to better classify the issues.
General
 Web interface cache is now automatically updated. Previously, no automatic update
of cache was performed. When external events updated cartridges, they were not reflected
in the web interface. Now, the cache is automatically updated every sixty minutes. (TL-
7460)