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Implement secure audit logging in ksh/ksh93/csh/sh

Implement of the function "SHOPT_AUDIT" into shell's like ksh/ksh93/csh/sh ... Please read the URL below. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-korn93/ As I see it, this implementation is one of the "simple" implementations.
about 9 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Change the calculated storage size returned by SNMP to be more in line with what the query (QSYS2.ASP_INFO) and WRKSYSSTS return

SNMP shows the following: .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.2.3.1.4.1 StorageAllocationUnits = 32768 .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.2.3.1.5.1 StorageSize = 315593355 .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.2.3.1.6.1 StorageUsed = 180845384 The math against those numbers gives me Total Storage = 9631.144...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Storage 1 Not under consideration

Provide access to "extraction program" used by DSPLOG and QMHOLHST API for Developer use

The QMHOLHST API is fine for simple selection and use but it not only omits a few pieces of the QHST log (such as from program and stmt nbr) it also severely limits the number of jobs that may be used to restrict the results. (currently 5) and the...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

AIX UDFS on any raw device

udfcreate fails when not using optical or USB media.
almost 7 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Add Network Tunnelling support via VXLAN or GRE for PowerVM

PowerVM lacks of support for SDN solutions and only supports legacy vlan based layer 2 networks.Against this hypervisors under x86 supports network tunnelling technology. For example KVM supports VXLAN or GRE using OpenvSwitch. ESX supports VXLAN ...
about 9 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 3 Not under consideration

Concurrent Change of POWER Compatibility Mode

Currently the change of the processor compatibility mode requires the reboot of the related AIX Logical Partition (LPAR). Particularly during a hardware upgrade through Live Partition Mobility (LPM) to systems of the next processor generation the ...
about 9 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

"EXTEND TABLE" SQL statement

To day there are no elegant way to map OO class extensions direct in Db2. So it would be appreciated that Db2 invent a new statement that Extend a table as a new table with extra columns. In effect - Db2 makes a internal maintained one-to-one rela...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

PowerVC installation package enhancement

Include all the required software for powervc to the installation package itself. This way customer will not be dependent to RedHat subscription. Subscription should only for the operating systems related and not IBM product, like PowerVC.
almost 7 years ago in PowerVC 1 Not under consideration

24TB memory option for future Mid-Range server

For SAP HANA customers, there are a number of requests for hardware instances to support 24TB databases. Our biggest competitor here is HPE with their Super Flex offering, and currently the E1080 option is not competitive in RFP responses. So a 24...
over 2 years ago in Power Systems Design 1 Not under consideration

Send Scheduled Job Completion/Failure Messages to QHST like you do for the SUBMITTED messages

Please add submitted, scheduled jobs completion messages to QHST even when that job schedule entry does not have MSGQ(QSYSOPR)
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 1 Not under consideration

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