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IDS 12.10 syspurge enhancement

We are experiencing locking errors during IBM Informix Dynamic Server syspurge causing a failure to complete syspurge specifically with tables using interval fragmentation. We understand that currently IBM cannot guarantee that there will not be c...
almost 4 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

Enhance 'Run Cycle Preview' in Workload Automation

Need new feature on 'Run Cycle Preview' tab for Workload AutomationCurrently 'Run Cycle Preview' tab shows on which days the entire job stream runs, but it does not say anything if one or more jobs from job stream are excluded through 'No Operatio...
about 4 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

To enable IPSec filter for network range in AIX servers

We want to allow one network segment alone like 10.1.23.0/24. How to do that with AIX IPSec, we know we can do it for individual IP's with IPSec.
about 4 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

pls increase TOP 10 metric value on db2monreports from 10 to 30 or 50

Hicould you pls increase the limit on TOP metrics from "TOP 10 " to "TOP 30 or 50" ? at present, we are missing some important queries to get captured in these reports.
over 4 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Request a pthreads API for assigning names to individual threads.

pthread_setname_np / pthread_getname_npRequest a pthreads API for assigning names to individual threads. The interface can be non-portable. There is no known API for this currently implemented in AIX 7.1 thru TL3. Requirements:- Ability for a thre...
over 8 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Request that glob() be amended to be thread-safe.

This request considers the case when glob is running on one thread, while filesystem operations (open, stat, etc.), with relative pathnames, are being conducted on another thread. The current implementation of glob (through AIX 7.1 TL3 SP3) uses c...
over 8 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Request to make the API getwparstate() threadsafe

We use the API getwparstate() to fetch the wpar status as active or not. This API works if invoked from within a main() execution of the program. However, this API is failing to return correct state when it is invoked from a thread. We took help f...
over 8 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Add WPAR names to ps output in snap tool

Please add the @ sign to the 'ps -ef' gathered in a snap (-k flag). Currently WPAR processes show up with an ID of +ID as in +0. It is more useful to see the wpar name as well as the PID inside the wpar.
over 8 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

MMY: Slow System

1. AIX 7.1 has implemented the feature that supports thread level locale, AIX 6.1 doesn't have this feature. 2. Because of this feature, there is some performance penalty on the locale APIs like isdigit.
almost 9 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Have AIX fibre channel allow storage target ports to leave Fabric and return with new FC_ID (same WWN) for Disaster Recovery

In NetApp's SAN storage Cluster Mode Disaster Recovery solution, two distinct clusters are active at separate sites. When one cluster or site goes down, the cluster at the other site can load it's replicated configuration and data and continue to ...
almost 9 years ago in AIX 5 Not under consideration

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