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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...
3 days ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Integrate AIX software repositories (including Toolbox) with RHEL Satellite for central management of both operating systems.

We use the RHEL satellite (and Foreman) for all Linux hosts, why not integrate also AIX here and then maybe also use the insights software for monitoring and reporting.
10 days ago in AIX 0 Submitted

SMBC file systems via automountd

We would like to mount smb filesystems automatically via automountd. IBM support confirmed that the mount via automountd it is not yet implemented.It is only possible to do a manual mount for smbc which is not very practical. We don't want to crea...
4 months ago in AIX 0 Under review

Free Tier of IBM AIX to Support Education, Ecosystem Growth, and Promote IBM Cloud

Problem Description: The IBM AIX operating system is a powerful and respected platform, but its accessibility is currently very limited. The high costs associated with purchasing dedicated Power Systems hardware and software licenses create a sign...
about 1 month ago in AIX 1 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...
about 2 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

TS2290 and 7226-1U3 (LTO-9) SAS HH Tape drive support AIX & VIOS

LTO-9 SAS HH connected 7226 tape drives are not supported in AIX / VIOS partitions and may log VRSAS_FABRIC_ERROR, SRN2D11-4101 Please resolve this issue as soon as possible.SSIC is supported, but power is not.We would like to provide a SAS card t...
about 1 month ago in AIX 0 Submitted

nconnect NFS mount option for AIX

It will be useful to have nconnect NFS mount option like in Linux world available in AIX also to improve performance of NFS mounts for WAN connections and / or for connections with limited bandwith per one tcp session. In AIX NFS mount uses only o...
3 months ago in AIX 0 Under review

AIX community edition for QEMU/KVM

AIX will remain the leading UNIX operating system for mission-critical environments for many years to come. It has performance, security and ease of administration features that make it a very interesting option for new deployments complementing t...
about 1 year ago in AIX 1 Under review

Implement RFC3442 to include Classless Static Route Option 121 in DHCP

We would like to use the DHCP option 121. This option is introduced in the RFC3442. IBM confirmed that this RFC us currently not implemented. The introduction of this RFC3442 makes our life much easier, because we don't need to wait for the interf...
3 months ago in AIX 2 Submitted

There is a risk that the ethchan_config command may mistakenly change the IP address of enX interface.

Please Improve the specification of the ethchan_config command. ethchan_config should check the target device. The ethchan_config command can change the "netaddr" parameter of entX and set the address to ping of EtherChannel. However, the ethchan_...
6 months ago in AIX 0 Under review

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