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    Add Support for HTTP/2 to SQL HTTP Functions

    Currently looks like SQL HTTP Functions on support HTTP/1.1. I have a Vendor that is requestions that HTTP/2 be used with API.
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

    Support LTO9 with SAS and FC direct attach on AIX

    There are many cases which it is necessary to backup AIX to external media. We and BPs have proposed RDX or LTO before, but we are now guided to propose only LTO. There are currently some problems on proposing LTO. Now AIX only supports LTO8 via S...
    7 months ago in AIX 0 Under review

    Add an HTTP status code for SQL not found

    When deploying a REST web service based on SQL queries, it is possible to specify an HTTP status code for success (200 by default) and another for error (500 by default). However, when reading datas by an SQL select and a WHERE clause (e.g., sele...
    5 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Future consideration

    possibility to assign the certificate from DCM console for Navigator and DCM web portal

    Today we have to manage or assign the certifiate outside DCM console especially while renewing new certificate we have to manage all tcp enabled ssl service in DCM console and for navigator and DCM outside DCM console like web admin console and na...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Under review

    `xargs` should support `-0`/`--null` parameter

    xargs on AIX currently does not implement -0. While this is not part of the POSIX standard ( AFAIK, please check), it is implemented by every other implementation, including FreeBSD's. While the OSS toolbox's implementation /opt/freeware/bin/xargs...
    12 days ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    Modernizing WPAR Technology in AIX (Linux-like Containerization)

    I would like to address the future of containerization in IBM AIX. Since the proposal for "Docker on AIX" did not receive approval, I suggest an alternative approach: investing in the development of WPAR technology to align it with modern containe...
    8 months ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

    Security java toolbox vs Job batch

    We are encountering more and more standard processes that use the Java Toolbox, particularly when using IWS servers.My company and I have identified cases of interference between these processes and the batch jobs that use them.For years, we have ...
    5 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 6 Under review

    Include important software as LPP on AIX, and support it.

    Nowadays, a lot of AIX systems include software that comes from RPM packages. I understand why AIX supports RPM packages, as developers/vendors from the Linux space tend to distribute their software in RPM form. A lot of software that is typically...
    4 months ago in AIX 1 Submitted

    Please add option to nfs client to let the server manage the group info / equivalent to -g or --manage-gids

    Dear Sir or Madam, With AIX as client to mount NFS Shares users are not able to access data which are shared via NFS. In my case users have more than 16 groups they belong to and need to access their files. Groups can not be eliminated, unfortunat...
    5 months ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    One location for software downloads

    IBM AIX is a great product. But most users install software on their machines that is supplied by IBM but does not come with AIX. Examples are sudo, openssh, java, lsof, Python3, perl etc. Many of which are from the AIX Web Download Pack (https://...
    4 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

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