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AIX

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Implement IO tuning parameter value for 'dk_closed_path_recovery=1' by default

Enable 'health_check' command to run on paths to disks, which are not open and active in the kernel, by default as to allow automatic recovery.
about 1 year ago in AIX 2 Submitted

proxy support for emgr_check_ifixes and emgr_download_ifix

Corporate AIX customers often use a proxy in their company to control internet access. However, there is no proxy support in emgr_check_ifixes and emgr_download_ifix.These commands only work with direct internet access. To make these new commands ...
about 1 year ago in AIX 2 Planned for future release

Add secure DNS resolution to AIX

Currently, the AIX DNS resolver is not secure, and AIX will accept any tampered response as valid. With the current AIX, the only way to have secure resolution is to configure a local bind. Add a DNSSEC resolver option that validates DNSSEC respon...
3 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

SIZE in -o flag of ps command

Hi, Currently the -o flag of ps command does not provide a field specifier to get the SIZE value. SIZE(v flag) The virtual size of the data section of the process (in 1 KB units). It's only possible with ps v <PID> to get the SIZE value. But...
23 days ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Addition of Input Modules and Message Modification Modules to AIX rsyslog

We request the compilation of AIX rsyslog with the mmnormalize, impstats, immark, mmcount and mmjsonparse modules. This is necessary for our production and homologation servers. https://www.rsyslog.com/normalizer-first-steps-for-mmnormalize/ Input...
5 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Correct the way AIX NFS4 client constructs its clientID, so that it is persistent across LPMs, as it is required to be.

Current behavior/design Currently, the clientID generated by AIX NFS4 client can possibly change after an LPM. This is because of the current design. In the current design, NFS4 client uses the nodeID as a part of the clientID, and the nodeID can ...
7 months ago in AIX 1 Planned for future release

Upgrade OpenSSH on AIX to 9.6 or above.

I am getting dinged about CVE-2023-51385 from Qualys. AIX has this notice: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7125640 Now, IBM may or may not have done a dandy job of stopping the vulnerability. However if they just patch an existing version o...
about 1 year ago in AIX 3 Future consideration

GLVM for 3 locations (sides)

Currently GLVM only support 2 sides.However, the LVM is able to manage 3 copies.Specially for IBM Cloud environments it is required to get GLVM to support 3 sides. So that the full capability of the AIX LVM can be utilized.
over 4 years ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

Change the entstat 'Adapter Data Rate' to reflect the actual / current negotiated link speed vs the maximum speed.

Example: PCIe3 2 PORT 25/10/1 Gb NIC&ROCE SFP28 ADAPTER The entstat 'adapter data rate' attribute is hardcoded to report the maximum data rate for the adapter regardless of the actual link speed. This is can be misleading and not helpful when ...
about 2 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

alias be registerd in the niminfo file

To use IBM DB2, we need to configure the /etc/hosts file as follows:x.x.x.x nimmaster.ss.local nimmasterDue to this configuration, when registering the NIM client, it gets registered as nimmaster.ss.local instead of nimmaster, which results in the...
9 months ago in AIX 3 Future consideration