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vnicserver device needs to signal to phyp when it's shutting down to avoid network outage

Environment:Power9 server with vios 3.1.3.21 pair which host vnicserver devices with backing sriov adapters for the vnic client devices in failover configuration Problem:During shutdown/reboot of the vio server that hosts the active vnicserver dev...
over 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Future consideration

Please add option to nfs client to let the server manage the group info / equivalent to -g or --manage-gids

Dear Sir or Madam, With AIX as client to mount NFS Shares users are not able to access data which are shared via NFS. In my case users have more than 16 groups they belong to and need to access their files. Groups can not be eliminated, unfortunat...
4 months ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

Security java toolbox vs Job batch

We are encountering more and more standard processes that use the Java Toolbox, particularly when using IWS servers.My company and I have identified cases of interference between these processes and the batch jobs that use them.For years, we have ...
4 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 6 Under review
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Dynamically editable min/max fields when LPAR gets shut down

When you are on a partitions memory configuration section and the partition is running you can only change the allocated value and the min/max values are greyed out. When the partition is then shut down the min/max values should be editable but th...
over 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Future consideration

JOURNAL ENTRY : Ability to open multiple DATA_DETAILS windows, compare the UB and UP journal data, and highlighting the modified data in color

When displaying the logs, I would like to be able to open multiple UB and UP windows in sequence and have the tool highlight the data that has been modified. In the course of my work, I am often required to consult production logs in order to dete...
23 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

Include important software as LPP on AIX, and support it.

Nowadays, a lot of AIX systems include software that comes from RPM packages. I understand why AIX supports RPM packages, as developers/vendors from the Linux space tend to distribute their software in RPM form. A lot of software that is typically...
3 months 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...
7 months ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

Allow checking multiple defined conditions with one /IF compiler directive

Checking multiple defined conditions is cumbersome - if a part of code should only be combined when two conditions are defined, one has to use nested /IF directives: /IF DEFINED(condition1) /IF DEFINED(condition2) // code only compiled when condit...
3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

One location for software downloads

IBM AIX is a great product. But most users install software on their machines that is supplied by IBM but does not come with AIX. Examples are sudo, openssh, java, lsof, Python3, perl etc. Many of which are from the AIX Web Download Pack (https://...
3 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Enhance RPG IV DATE FORMAT to include more clear 4-DIGIT Year Options

Extend RPG IV support for date format keywords in opcodes and built-in functions to include *MDYY, *YYMD, and *DMYY, enabling clearer intent and improving developer productivity when working with 4-digit year formats. There is a growing need for a...
3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Planned for future release

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