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    Provide signature files for HIPER efixes

    Currently HIPER fixes have no signature files for the efix packages. Other efixes have .sig files so that those efixes can be verified after download, and installed via the "new" efix_sec AIX command. Security issue: for HIPER fixes is even more i...
    about 1 year ago in AIX 2 Planned for future release

    lsdev should show the correct storage type

    lsdev shows for an FS9500 storage (and also other newer storages) still "IBM 2076 FC disk", which is very old and missleading. The command should give the correct type, for example 4666 for an FS9500 storage. $ lsdev -Cl hdisk420hdisk420 Available...
    over 1 year ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

    Free Tier of IBM AIX to Support Education, Ecosystem Growth, and Promote IBM Cloud

    Problem Description: The IBM AIX operating system is a powerful and respected platform, but its accessibility is currently very limited. The high costs associated with purchasing dedicated Power Systems hardware and software licenses create a sign...
    8 months ago in AIX 1 Submitted

    Implement RFC3442 to include Classless Static Route Option 121 in DHCP

    We would like to use the DHCP option 121. This option is introduced in the RFC3442. IBM confirmed that this RFC us currently not implemented. The introduction of this RFC3442 makes our life much easier, because we don't need to wait for the interf...
    10 months ago in AIX 2 Future consideration

    Enhance lsmpio showing both storages in an policy-based HA environment (mirroring)

    In an AIX VM using a FS9500 environment with policy-based HA it is only possible with lsmpio to see the primary storage node of the mirroring relation in the FS9500. It should be possible to see both storages of that relation. This is especially i...
    over 1 year ago in AIX 0 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.
    about 5 years ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

    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.
    over 1 year ago in AIX 2 Submitted

    NIM master process 'nimesis' to better handle network port scans

    Since the recent NIM SSL security fix was applied, we have had nimesis process restart and hang during scheduled network port scan activities. We would like the nimesis process to be more resilient when port scanned to remain available when port s...
    3 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    LKU change of parameters which need normally a reboot

    We want to use AIX Live Kernel Update - LKU - with SAP and Oracle 12 / 19 etc.when doing LKU it would be helpful to define a list of parameter AIX should change on the new surrogate Lpar . this should be all parameters starting at HMC for Min/Max ...
    about 6 years ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

    rpm exits 0 even if the scriptlets exit with error.

    starting with version 4.6 rpm exits 0 even if the scriptlets (all but %pre and %preun) exit with error. IMHO this breaks legacy rpm behaviour (i.e. pre version 4.6) and leads to misunderstandings since a simple test on the rpm exit code is not rel...
    12 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

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