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    Implement IO tuning parameter value for 'dk_closed_path_recovery=1' by default

    Enable 'health_check' command to run on paths to disks, which are not open and active in the kernel, by default as to allow automatic recovery.
    over 1 year ago in AIX 2 Submitted

    NIM master process 'nimesis' to better handle network port scans

    Since the recent NIM SSL security fix was applied, we have had nimesis process restart and hang during scheduled network port scan activities. We would like the nimesis process to be more resilient when port scanned to remain available when port s...
    3 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    New IBM i Service for SMTP

    I would like an IBM i Service to view and manage the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) on IBM i. Ideally this service would not only allow a user to view and or modify the configuration of SMTP but also to view the Email History stored within t...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Networking 9 Not under consideration

    LKU change of parameters which need normally a reboot

    We want to use AIX Live Kernel Update - LKU - with SAP and Oracle 12 / 19 etc.when doing LKU it would be helpful to define a list of parameter AIX should change on the new surrogate Lpar . this should be all parameters starting at HMC for Min/Max ...
    about 6 years ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

    rpm exits 0 even if the scriptlets exit with error.

    starting with version 4.6 rpm exits 0 even if the scriptlets (all but %pre and %preun) exit with error. IMHO this breaks legacy rpm behaviour (i.e. pre version 4.6) and leads to misunderstandings since a simple test on the rpm exit code is not rel...
    12 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    Use a complex_lock (read/write) instead of a simple_lock for the demux lock.

    With etherchannel configuration including 4 ports and multiple queues the high packets is causing demux lock contention. while using complex_lock ( read/write ) this issue will be resolved.
    3 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    Support of OAUTH in SMTP

    We currently use the SMTP server to relay email from the iSeries to Office365 and outlook. We have this setup with the Microsoft connector. It is working fine. Microsoft has announced that they will be requiring OAUTH2.0 by March of 2026. Can SMTP...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Networking 2 Submitted

    Correct the way AIX NFS4 client constructs its clientID, so that it is persistent across LPMs, as it is required to be.

    Current behavior/design Currently, the clientID generated by AIX NFS4 client can possibly change after an LPM. This is because of the current design. In the current design, NFS4 client uses the nodeID as a part of the clientID, and the nodeID can ...
    about 1 year ago in AIX 2 Planned for future release

    Upgrade OpenSSH on AIX to 9.6 or above.

    I am getting dinged about CVE-2023-51385 from Qualys. AIX has this notice: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7125640 Now, IBM may or may not have done a dandy job of stopping the vulnerability. However if they just patch an existing version o...
    over 1 year ago in AIX 3 Future consideration

    Need ability to sync from AIX File system cache in memory to disk when needed

    When having filesystems with multiple TB of size and have a big read/update activity depending on the size of VM and his %Maxperm when shut down AIX and it comes to the umount point it might take hours before everyting is synched to disk. It shoul...
    almost 3 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

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