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Add Date/Time stamp to each Phase of the nimadm process

Having date/timestamp information available at the Phase level will take the guesswork out of where "time" is being spent within the overall nimadm process.
almost 2 years ago in AIX 0 Delivered

Audit command needs better errors

Errors produced by the /usr/sbin/audit command are not helpful. They need to be more specific to help diagnose and solve the problem.
over 8 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

Command to retrieve VIOS information etc. because kdb is unreliable and dangerous

I request to create one or more commands to be able to get information of vscsi- and vfc-host AND client adapters on lpars and vios which are currently available only via kdb.kdb is slow, not reliable, dangerous and there is a "bug" in the kernel ...
over 8 years ago in AIX 11 Delivered

netstat -a show sctp statistics

Would like to be to monitor SCTP port level details the same way "netstat -a" provides socket level details of other protocols like tcp, udp.
over 4 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Increasing the maximum number of bytes allowed in messages outstanding on an associated message queue

Increasing the maximum number of bytes allowed in messages outstanding on an associated message queue
over 4 years ago in AIX 4 Delivered

lsmpio -q doesn't list the volume name for Infinidat Devices. It does for other storage vendors. Need Infinidat-specific code for lsmpio -q output

The customer opened Salesforce Case TS010299650, noting that lsmpio -q output for their Infinidat storage does not display the volume name. Sample output: root@HCMDVE2AGADM002:/>lsmpio -q Device Vendor Id Product Id Size Volume Name ----------...
over 2 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

SO_REUSEPORT path for AIX 7.2

Our current application accepts connection using a single process and creating a child processes to process each request as per your suggestion Please visit the below link and module on which couple of companies are already implemented on this mod...
over 4 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

Kerberos client and LAM compatible with Windows RODC

We are requesting a build of the krb5.client fileset and associated loadable authentication module based off Kerberos 1.9.4 or higher which supports the Name-Type field in a a TGS-REQ to a read only domain controller. https://social.technet.micros...
about 7 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Need CompoundText converter update for AIX 7.x

CompoundText converter update for Java compatibility is needed in AIX V7.x. There is a problem in Cut&Paste, Drag&Drop between Java and AIX Motif applications for IBM Extended and NEC Selected characters. About 30-40 % of them still does n...
about 7 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

incorrect iostat metrics for vhost adapter

The extended metrics reported by iostat, viostat, and other perf tools are inconsistent with the column headings they're reported under. We have discussed this with Carl, Shajith, Gomathi, and Prajith, and have agreed to create an RFE to explore c...
over 7 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered