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    Add the full man page for ksh93

    As for now man ksh93 gives just a 1/3 of the original ksh93 manual page. You can compare it to https://linux.die.net/man/1/ksh93 (copy of the original man page from AT&T site) or to https://github.com/att/ast/blob/master/src/cmd/ksh93/sh.1.
    over 3 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    X11 Enhancements to SNAP or other data collection tools

    When customers open AIX Support cases, they are typically asked to upload a system snap to provide data for problem determination. Customers encountering issues with X11 (XDMCP, X11 Forwarding, XVFB, etc) are then asked to collect additional infor...
    about 6 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    LDAP nested groups won't resolve if located in a different DN than the parent group

    Currently, secldapclntd cannot resolve a nested group if this 'child group' is in a different DN than it's parent group, even if the DN is specified in ldap.cfg as a secondary groupbasedn. This was discussed with AIX development via an APAR draft,...
    over 3 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    fix lsof so it will show open files when using Storge Scale

    IBM documentation https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-scale/5.2.1?topic=cluster-restarting-large-storage-scale lists lsof as a way to check for open files when stopping down Storage Scale, yet when you run lsof against a file in Storage Scale, it ...
    11 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    Error message when /usr/bin/hostnew not found

    if /usr/bin/hostnew not found, host -n will return code 1, but doesn't write any error message to stderr. For better managability it'd be good to have some error message together with the return code, like: /usr/bin/hostnew not found, please insta...
    almost 2 years ago in AIX 0 Planned for future release

    please package openssl for rsyslog in AIX

    In product IBM TS7700 we want to provide our customers to use openssl with rsyslog, but the current aix rsyslog package do not include openssl. we would like to request it to be added.
    over 5 years ago in AIX 3 Planned for future release

    Cant use other disk names in Live Kernel Update LKU rather hdisk

    Under AIX 7.2 it is not possible to rename disk to use for LKU for better identification . It must be hdisk but for automation with scripts another disk name to set with rendev would be helpful
    about 6 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

    Way to check if microcode updates are already installed

    Microcode updates are usually delivered as rpm files. After installing RPM files the new microcode is available in /etc/microcode. Using the command diag it is possible to install new microcodes from /etc/microcode. Sometimes the two processes - i...
    almost 2 years ago in AIX 3 Under review

    Enhancement request for iostat on NVMe disks

    On AIX for NVMe the disk iostat tool currently does not provide data for read service time, write service time and queue service time sections. Is there a way to enable the additional statistics or will it be enabled in a future software update (V...
    over 2 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    Replace the existing smbc generic mount error with specific errors

    Instead of the generic error message that the smbc mount helper prints for almost all mount problems, it should instead print separate messages for each of the various reasons mount operations can fail. For example, a failure to authenticate the u...
    almost 2 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

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