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AIX

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    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.
    over 5 years ago in AIX 2 Future consideration

    Concurrent Update of ifixes

    IBM support should provide concurrent ifixed per default where possible, based on the installed customer (combined) ifixes. Currently customer have to ask several times!More than one „hot patch“ against the kernel without reboot would be very welc...
    over 8 years ago in AIX 3 Not under consideration

    redefining functions in header files - do it the right way

    When functions in header files need to be redefined (e.g. to get new default behavior),this should NOT be done by just renaming them with a simple '#define func_new func_old'.Instead, macros should be used like it was done for older XL C/C++ compi...
    over 1 year ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    tcpdump "-i any" option unavailable in AIX tcpdump

    In tcpdump man page (https://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump_man.html), we have option to provide "any" as interface (with -i flag), which allows us to listen to all available interface. While in AIX tcpdump(https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/...
    over 7 years ago in AIX 2 Not under 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

    errpt summary report type "T" column is ambigious

    When you run an errpt summary report, the T column (error type) is one column. There does not appear to be a unique character for each type of error: I for INFO , P for PEND , P for PERF , P for PERM , T for TEMP , and U for UNKN. The P is ambigio...
    about 3 years ago in AIX 0 Planned for future release

    fsck enhancement

    In some cases after disk I/O error there is an entry logged in system error log with recommndation to run fcsk on one or more filesystems:B6DB68E0 0424065319 I O SYSJ2 FILE SYSTEM RECOVERY REQUIREDIt is not possible to run full fsck on a mounted f...
    about 6 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

    Remove ability to set 0777 permissions

    I cannot think of a situation where this is needed, and I frequently come across this being set out of ignorance and laziness.
    over 1 year ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

    ISCSI Media Changer Driver Needed

    AIX is missing support for ISCSI media changers. After configuring /etc/iscsi/targets to enable iscsi connectivity for remote tape drives and media changers, we get the following error after running 'cfgmgr' ****************** no stderr **********...
    almost 5 years ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

    Add ARP ping feature to AIX

    The command arping is available in Linux and in IBM i.
    about 8 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

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