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AIX

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    When the GB18030-2022 standard for AIX will be released

    GB18030-2022 is a national mandatory standard that has been officially implemented since August 1 this year. As a formal state-owned enterprise, the client is also required by the superiors to enforce this standard.
    over 2 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    Improve errpt CORE_DUMP entries to refer back to executable image that was running

    When using dbx to analyze a core file that was dumped, the executable binary that was running must be used in combination with the core file to identify the exact instruction that caused the core dump. In the errpt CORE_DUMP entry there is the ful...
    over 2 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    login messages should be seen with username instead of userid

    Syslog reports: aixtest unix: The privilege command /usr/bin/vmstat, is executed by user with id 205 it would be helpful to see the username instead - even the best admin has not all userids in mind
    over 1 year ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    KSH93 with AIX 7.1

    For clarity, I would like to point out that: - We have modified our “failing” script and thus resolved the immediate operational problem, but we would like to avoid surprises in the future. - The change in ksh93 version is not so recent, only our ...
    almost 7 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    Command-line program to expose perfstat_bridgedadapter stats

    It would be nice if there was a command-line program that exposed the data from perfstat_bridgedadapter and annotated it with the vSwitch and VLAN(s) for the virtual side. it's not that hard except for the vSwitch/VLAN(s) where there isn't a docum...
    about 4 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    libHBAAPI.a in AIX has hardcoded max num adapters (set at 32) - needs to be increased or made a dynamic table (as per RHEL)

    For AIX versions AIX 7.2 (actually AIX 5.3 and above) libHBAAPI.a (devices.common.IBM.fc.hba-api) define the max number of devices is set using the following define (in san.h): #define HBA_MAX_NUM_ADAPTERS 32 In AIX, in libHBAAPI.a a fc port is eq...
    about 4 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    SMBC fileset unable to handle multi-domain environments without using SPN

    We are currently not able to use the smbc fileset with smbv2 to implement file shares between Windows-Server and AIX. From what I understand from my support case, it is not able to handle multi-domain environments without using SPN.
    over 5 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    Increase the number of LP's for an LV dynamically when CHFS is executed.

    When I want to add space to a file system and the LV doesn't have enough LP's defined I have to manually go increase the max number of LP's for that LV. I have to guess at how many LP's I need or do some math. I usually end up tossing some large n...
    almost 3 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    AIX Live Update and EMC rootvg

    Currently, Live Update at AIX 7.2 fails if the rootvg is managed by Powerpath. We need this to be a supported platform please.
    almost 6 years ago in AIX 2 Future consideration

    FTP over SSL server on AIX - introduce option on ftpd.cnf for setting passive port range

    After PASV mode is set in an FTPS connection, FTPS server will choose a random port in whole ephemeral port range, and send that port number to client in order for FTPS client to establish the data channel connection. So any firewall between clien...
    about 6 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

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