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Increase the maximum allowed setting of the tcp_timewait 'no' parameter to 4 minutes

Please increase the maximum allowed setting of the tcp_timewait 'no' parameter to 4 minutes to comply with RFC 793. We understand the ramifications of setting this value too high on an AIX server. We're asking for the leeway to set the value to 4 ...
almost 9 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

Add Yum like REPO to AIX

Installing and maintaining RPMs can be very difficult due to dependency issues. IBM's own Michael Perzl has done some excellent work in this area, however it is still not as simple as it could be when compared to Linux.
almost 9 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

/proc filesystem improvement

Currently, if you try to get process time information via the /proc filesystem, the values you get are behind the values retrievable by the APIs times() or getrusage(). AIX support explained that the reason behind that is, that /proc filesystem is...
almost 9 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

Request for SMB4 version to be available within the next Web download pack program or AIX expansion pack update

Due to the incompatibility of the Unix SMBCLIENT OUTBOUND connections using SMB2 protocol to systems using SMB3 protocol we require a compiled and packaged version of Samba >= 4.0.0.
almost 9 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

AIX Trusted Execution TLP Path Length too short

AIX 7.1 Trusted Execution TLP Path Length is too short to add all paths needed for the government client environment to run needed applications/programs.
almost 9 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

fstrim: trim unused fs blocks on a thin provisioned LUNs

When a huge file is removed from a Filesystem , the extents on the thin provisioned LUNs are not reclaimed.fstrim is a command that could be used on a Filesystem or all FS of a Volume Group to reclaim their space on the SAN using the VSCSI UNMAP c...
almost 9 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

pptrim: trim unused PP and unmap them on thin provisioned LUNs

When a Logicial Volume is removed from a Volume Group, the extents on the thin provisioned LUNs are not reclaimed.pptrim is a command that could be used on one or all Physical Volumes of a Volume Group to reclaim their space on the SAN using the V...
almost 9 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

Update Korn Shell ksh93 to a more recent version

We have a requirement to check the exit status of unix pipe as provided by the ksh93 'pipefail' option The ksh93(e) shell that ships with AIX 6.1 TL9 SP5 is at least 10 years out of datehttp://www2.research.att.com/~astopen/download/notes.htmlVers...
almost 9 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Check for Alt_disk mounted prior to rebooting onto the new disk

During a upgrade process using alt_disk, if you wake up the alt_disk to checkout things but forgot to alt_rootvg_op -S altinst_rootvg and reboot on to the new disk - run the risk of corrupting everything (both rootvg disks).
almost 9 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

Update pconsole LWI version

This is opened on behalf of a customer. There is a long history of notes with David Clissold, Rachel Anitha, and others. The bottom line is we need to update the LWI that pconsole uses to be current. The reasons are:- to address POODLE- to fix a C...
almost 9 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

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