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Error messages reported against fcs adapters

Sep 21 08:26:24 fcs2 T FCA_ERR6 Unknown error number: 0000000C Sep 21 08:12:09 fcs0 T FCA_ERR6 Unknown error number: 0000000C
over 7 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Improve the MPIO path failure detection algorithm

Please see PMR
over 7 years ago in AIX 3 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...
over 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

Increase Password Length for CIFS on AIX 7.2

We have secure Windows shares that need to be mounted via CIFS on AIX 7.2 servers. Those shares have highly secure passwords that range from 16 to 20 characters in length per our Security Team requirements. The current version of the CIFS fileset ...
over 7 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Request for default logsize of lvmgs change

I request to change the product specification that the default size of lvmgs.log.It's defined in the SWservAt ODM as 204800 bytes, so please change the size as 20971520 bytes. Also, I want to confirm the range of lvmgs.log size you can design.
over 7 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

AIX mirror pool enhancements

Basic LVM mirroring has been available in AIX for years and it is great. The added value of mirror pools should come from the ease in maintaining for example 2 copies across 2 remote sites. It should help in making absolutely sure there is a compl...
over 7 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

alt_rootvg_op export flag (-X) should sleep the volume group first automatically.

alt_rootvg_op export flag (-X) should sleep the volume group first automatically. Failure to do so causes severe damage to the alternate. The same rationale was used to create IV89318, in which failure to sleep before rebooting would similarly des...
over 7 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Write preference pthread_rwlock_wrlock

Db2 pureScale provides extreme availability, extreme scalability, and workload consolidations for mission critical OLTP applications that demand 7x24x365 availability. Today, Db2 pureScale is supported on AIX and Linux on POWER and Intel Linux. A ...
over 7 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Provide capability to bypass the node fencing when remove a node from the domain

Background information: As part of the protocol (with gpfs_agent as the IBM.FenceAgent) when a node leaves a domain while maintaining quorum, the node will be fenced via mmexpelnode. This causes the file system on the fenced node to be unavailable...
over 7 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered