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Increase the limit of 32 domains in /etc/resolv.conf for AIX_7 and the resolver nslookup.

Hello, Topic: Increase the limit of 32 domains in /etc/resolv.conf for AIX_7 and the resolver nslookup. Environment: AIX 7200-05-02-2114 I am looking to access all other AIX partitions that are in different network domains. I have therefore pla...
over 2 years ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

AIX 7.2 echo vfcs | kdb is not displaying any output

when i am running kdb command on AIX 7200-03-02-184, it is not displaying any details of fcs adapters, whereas it is working find for vscsi, please let know how to fix this problem in AIX 7.2. [PRD][root@bellvpc2lpr0f aaas]# echo vfcs | kdb START ...
about 5 years ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

Update pathname resolution behavior for trailing slashes to match POSIX specifications

POSIX says, for pathname resolution, that: "A pathname that contains at least one non- <slash> character and that ends with one or more trailing <slash> characters shall not be resolved successfully unless the last pathname component b...
about 5 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

AIXPCM - ODM Attribute

A ODM attribute svc_sb_ttl (“SVC time to live”)now exists starting with the 2.6.5.0 release of SDDPCM.This hdisk attribute denotes the time that an I/O remains active since it was first issued, if a split-brain condition occurs. This variable is u...
over 5 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

Need stronger ciphers when encrypting the AIX file systems.

We've AIX servers with OS level at 7100-05-03-1846. When implementing AIX EFS (encrypted file system), the only ciphers available are as per the efsenable command documentation are as follows: List of supported algorithms for keystores: 1 RSA_1024...
over 5 years ago in AIX 4 Not under consideration

file system corruptions causin whole lpar reboot

System: OS AIX Actor: Kapi bank File system corruption caused whole lpar to crash.We believe that it would be way safer if corrupted filesystem could turn read only instead of uncontrolled OS crash .
over 5 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

AIX-based mechanism to query and set the system power mode and any related attributes

Request an AIX mechanism (such as a C API or script) to query and alter the system power mode. Currently, the only interface provided is via the ASMI, limiting accessibility to manual interaction through a Web browser, customer-supplied integratio...
over 8 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Add SNMP support for intefaces faster than 1GB in AIX 7.2

In AIX 7.1, 7.2 SNMP agent give a value of 0xfffffffe for interfaces that are faster than 1GB. This should be returning the actual interface speed. This makes monitoring AIX via SNMP impossible and SNMP agent becomes useless.
over 8 years ago in AIX 4 Not under consideration

In some scenarios?DBX cannot find the plug-in and execute the commands in the plug-in

In some scenarios，DBX cannot find the plug-in and execute the commands in the plug-in when debug cobol program.
almost 3 years ago in AIX 2 Future consideration

Ethernet driver support of Power8 for AIX 5.3 LPARS

We've Power8 or greater managed systems and the 10GbE ethernet or the SRIOV adapters drivers cannot be installed on AIX 5.3 client servers. If AIX 5.3 servers are allowed to run on a Power8 or greater systems via PTF U86665.bff, IBM should also gi...
almost 3 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

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