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AIX

Document emgr_check_ifixes selection logic and add machine-readable output with supersedence and reboot metadata

The emgr_check_ifixes command is a natural starting point for automating AIX security interim fix (iFix) management, but its documentation describes only how to invoke it — not how it selects the fixes it reports, nor the format of its output. In ...
3 days ago in AIX Submitted

openAIX

Make AIX more easily consumed as openAIX, like openSUSE and Alma/Rocky Linux
11 days ago in AIX Submitted

Enable Support for NFSv4.1 Natively

IBm Cloud VPC File Share and natively using minumum NFSv4.1 but AIX on does not support v4.1 natively. This is a huge drawback for using Cloud Native Services.
21 days ago in AIX Submitted

replace nimsh for ssh

we have seen multiple security issues with very high CVE scores in the recent past with nimsh ssh is more robust and easier to include in firewall rules than nimsh as that requires ranges of ports
about 1 month ago in AIX Submitted

AIX 7.3 FC stack enhancement for SAN environments using Simplified, TDZ or Smart zoning.

In modern SAN environments leveraging Simplified zoning, Target Driven Zoning or Smart Zoning, AIX or VIOS Fibre Channel ports may be exposed in fabric query responses alongside other targets.Under certain conditions this results in initiator‑to‑i...
about 2 months ago in AIX Submitted

Global option to prevent cron from sending mail to users

If a command in someones crontab generates output to stdin or stderr and is not redirected a mail is geneareted to the user who ownes the crontab. While this might have been a good idea 30 years ago, it can cause serious troube in modern environme...
about 2 months ago in AIX Submitted

Planning, Controller, Watsonx BI og and Cognos in one portal

Why have 4 portals to maintain for Planning Analytics, Controller, Watsonx BI and Cognos. Make one portal for all the Analytics products and you will have the strongest analytics solution in the world. The the customers can buy roles and can just ...
about 2 months ago in AIX Submitted

Full Automation of AIX "autofsinstall" via system defined lpp_source

AIX 7.3 TL4 introduced the 'autofsinstall' functionality, which enables the automatic installation of missing packages. While this feature significantly streamlines operations, it currently requires the manual mounting of an 'lpp_source' from the ...
3 months ago in AIX Needs more information

AIX NFS client configuration with TLS

This secures the traditional NFS traffic (that normally runs over RPC).
3 months ago in AIX Under review

fsck progress tracker

Customer would like to have fsck progress tracker which would be useful to check how far fsck is porgressed. This is mainly helpful for large size FS>
4 months ago in AIX Under review

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