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AIX

Evaluate USFS for inclusion in a future AIX release or the AIX Toolbox

I propose that IBM evaluate the open-source USFS project for inclusion in a future AIX distribution. If inclusion in the base AIX distribution is not feasible, please consider providing it through the AIX Toolbox for Open Source Software. USFS pro...
3 days ago in AIX Submitted

Enhance alt_rootvg_op to preserve custom alternate rootvg name across wake/sleep operations

The alt_rootvg_op supports assigning a customer VG name to an alternate root VG, using -v. This is useful on systems that maintain multiple alternate root VGs for different purposes. For example: # lspv | grep MKSYSB hdisk0 00cc8df7ddd2f1e9 WEEKLY...
20 days ago in AIX Submitted

OpenSSH 10.x for AIX 7.2 / 7.3 / VIOS

Why this is a security requirement, not a version wish Post-quantum key exchange by default. OpenSSH 10.0 makes the hybrid ML-KEM key agreement the default and adds a warning when a connection falls back to a non-quantum-safe algorithm (WarnWeakCr...
about 1 month ago in AIX Submitted

Add ldap.cfg options to override home/shell mappings

At 7.3tl4, the defaulthomedirectory and defaultloginshell options were added, so that defaults can be set when users do not have these defined in their LDAP attributes. In the case where a user does have a home/shell defined in their LDAP attrib...
about 1 month ago in AIX Submitted

Enhance the nvmesed tool to query and display the TryLimit value for each PIN

Right now there is no possibility to know how many retries are left to enter successfully a certain PIN (either user, admin or SID PIN) to unlock a NVMe SED drive. However, this information is available on the drive itself and could get queried an...
about 1 month ago in AIX Submitted

Problem when we try delete directory from EVS HITACHI NFS

Case number TS022926480 We are experiencing delays and blocking behavior when removing directories located on an NFS-mounted filesystem. To investigate the issue, we performed a controlled test on server nim71. A test file was created and kept ope...
about 1 month ago in AIX Submitted

End-to-end FC SFP Diagnostics via Read Diagnostic Parameters (RDP ELS)

Background info Current-generation Fibre Channel adapters expose SFP transceiver diagnostics, which are readable from the OS.On IBM i, the fcioa -sfpinfo macro in SST/DST already surfaces this data.With the November 2025 GA of V7R5 TR7 and V7R6 TR...
about 1 month ago in AIX Submitted

Add IPSEC tunnel features to support Ontap connection

All AIX customers requiring IPSEC tunnels to modern nfs fileservers ONTAP currently supports three fixed IPsec cipher suites: SUITEB_GCM256: ike=aes256-sha384-ecp384! and esp=aes256gcm16-ecp384 (default)SUITEB_GMAC256: ike=aes256-sha384-ecp384! an...
about 2 months ago in AIX Submitted

Native needrestart command for IBM AIX

IBM AIX would benefit from a native needrestart command similar to the functionality available on Linux systems. After installing updates, Interim Fix (iFix), Service Packs, or Technology Levels, administrators currently have no simple and standar...
2 months ago in AIX Submitted

More recent build of rsyslog than 8.2212 on MRS site. Primary feature: better wildcard support

Package newer version of rsyslog than 8.2212.0 (aka 2022.12) available on MRS site as of July2026. At least version 8.25 to more fully support wildcards. From the rsyslog docs: "Historically, versions prior to 8.25.0 had limitations, supporting wi...
2 months ago in AIX Submitted