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nimadm convert JFS to JFS2 in rootvg

nimadm does not support converting JFS file systems to JFS2. https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/cgaix/entry/convert_rootvg_file_systems_to_jfs2_using_alt_disk_copy?lang=en
about 7 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

Provide version Protocol 6 for sftp in OpenSSH

Customer Fluor requires protocol version 6 of fftp for AIX 7.1
about 7 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

NFS Clients hang during read/write due to deadlock in NFS code

System: AIXActor: Customer NFS clients are hung during read/write operation. From dump analysis, it was found that this hand is due to a deadlock situation in NFS code. From dump we saw huge number of kbiod threads that needs to flush the IO are s...
about 7 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

AIX 7.2 LKU support RAM disk

support of RAM DISK for AIX 7.2 LKU operation
about 7 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

aixpert

System: aixpertActor : Need new feature to allow granularity of user for hardening parameters. Description : This feature will help in compliance check.
about 7 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

trustchk needs an option to specify volume group or logical volume (jf2/jfs2) when using the 'tree' option

trustchk has an option (-i) so that it ignores NFS mounted objects. Also needed is a way to limit the 'tree' option to only rootvg, or better to a specific volume group or logical partition (jfs/jfs2). On a AIX node with multiple volume groups, te...
about 7 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

Add details on syslog messages

The current syslog messages around service stop/start/restart do not provide enough information as required by the customer. The requirement is to add the following information to the current syslog message: username (who did the action), time, af...
about 7 years ago in AIX 3 Is a defect

Please add support for Option 82 to AIX DHCP Server Process

Please add support for DHCP option 82 (i.e. the DHCP Relay Agent information option) to the AIX DHCP Server daemon (/usr/sbin/dhcpsd) so that it correctly handles requests from clients that are received via a DHCP relay agent (such as a Juniper ro...
about 7 years ago in AIX 3 Not under consideration

Automated JFS2 filesystem size growth/shrink

Would like the JFS2 filesystem implementation to be changed so it automatically grows or shrinks based on customer-defined percentages of minimum or maximum size.
about 7 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

QEMU in AIX YUM repository

Ability to use install QEMU on AIX using "yum install qemu" and possibly "yum install virtmgr". With or without KVM would be fine, though with KVM on the roadmap would be preferred.
over 7 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration