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update IO adapter microcode non-interactively

Need to change 'diag' command so that it can do non-interactively. something like this -- "diag -d fcs0 -T download -c"
over 8 years ago in AIX 4 Not under consideration

Add better WPAR data to the snap tool

Please add better information gathering to the WPAR snap option -@ and -a (all). What I would suggest is adding: Collect the WPAR event log# cp /var/adm/wpars/event.log /tmp/ibmsupt/testcase Then for each WPAR -Collect the WPAR installation log# c...
over 8 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Secure file erasure

Need a way to securely erase files from the system.
over 8 years ago in AIX 5 Not under consideration

Need to securely erase disks

Need a way to securely erase non-internal disks.
over 8 years ago in AIX 5 Not under consideration

IPSEC Solution Function Enhancement Request

I'm CTS for KFCC and submit this request on behalf of KFCC. KFCC requested to add a funcing for ports range selection in IPSEC solution.Other OS such as Linux, Windows, Solaris support ports range selection but IBM AIX only support individual port...
over 8 years ago in AIX 3 Not under consideration

add TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT

TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT allows applications blocked in poll() or accept() to not be woken until a byte of data has arrived. This helps servers conserve resources without using more. It is similar to "accept filters" or the combination of accept+recv some...
over 8 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

ls -l fails if file is deleted during the execution of the command

Customer would like an enviorment variable to neglect a file from output if the file is removed during the execution of ls -l
over 8 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

mpstat -T flag

Hi IBM, Could you add the -T flag to mpstat command so that each output block is timestamped like the vmstat and iostat -t flags?
almost 9 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Pcmpath Query Device Abend AIX - Improvement

When i use an unsupported configuration , over 16 per PATHs Device , the command " pcmpath device query" should receive CORE instead, but AIX receive an ABEND (DSI ), and crash/reboot the system.
almost 9 years ago in AIX 2 Is a defect

Allow PP size of rootvg to be set during installation

Allow administrators to set the physical partition (pp) size of rootvg at AIX installation time.
almost 9 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

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