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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).
over 9 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

Useless RBAC syslog messages in AIX 7.1

Enhanced RBAC is activated by default in AIX 7.1Even when no additional configuration is made, any use of a "privileged" command is logged to syslog. Those privileged commands include "read only" commands like lspv or lsvg.This does not make any s...
over 9 years ago in AIX 9 Delivered

First TCP/IP Retransmission time too long(1.5 seconds or so)

[ Request ]Customer want to shorten the initial TCP/IP retransmission timeout (currently 1500 msec) of AIX since response performance is important their financial trading system. In PMR 76617,695,760, we have confirmed that current initial TCP/IP ...
over 9 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

Install script for aso should test / make log directory instead of failing

Update to AIX 7100-03-05-1524 is failed, when U865828.bff (bos.aso) install script tries to touch a file in /var/log/aso when that aso sub-directory is not. Script should test first and/or mkdir (its own) logging directory rather than fail the who...
over 9 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

SVMON - INEFFICIENT PROFILING WHEN USING '-S -O filename=on'

When generating a segment report with svmon, adding the 'filename=on' option increases the processing time exponentially. In one instance, the time difference was seen to be 9 seconds vs. 22 minutes. This DCR is opened to address the inefficiency.
over 9 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

TPROF - REFORMAT LONG SYMBOL NAMES

When tprof demangles C++ symbols, the resulting symbol name can be very long. On the report, it will force a misalignment or line wraparound of the data line. This makes the profile report very difficult to read This DCR is opened to request that ...
over 9 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

TRCSTOP - ADD SUPPORT FOR '-s' FLAG WHEN USING NON-CIRCULAR TRACES

The paced buffer flush provided by 'trcstop -s' is critical to avoid causing problems by the heavy I/O caused by 'trcstop'. However, this option is only available for circular traces. If necessary, we can limit this feature for traces taken with e...
over 9 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

TPROF - CPU USAGE OF TID RELATIVE TO PID/ OR PROCESS NAME WITH '-z' FLAG

Tprof profiles give % usage of routines/threads relative to the entire system load. This makes it difficult to identify top CPU consuming PIDs/TIDs and routines as it corresponds to the PID or process name. This DCR is opened to add a column for p...
over 9 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

TPROF - MULTIPLE LIGHTWEIGHT ENHANCEMENTS

Ability for tprof and trace to discard prior data( user specified option to retain last 'x' intervals of data ) Provide address and bytes of routines for other options other than '-z' Request for an option in tprof/any other mechanism to indicate ...
over 9 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

TPROF - COLLECT VALID DATA WITHOUT TRACE '-M' FLAG

Tprof processing requires the trace '-M' flag( collect address map information and dump into trace ) in order to provide accurate information when generating a profile. The '-M' flag is "heavyweight" and can be disruptive in a live/sensitive syste...
over 9 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

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