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IOSTAT-F Truncated Output

Hi IBM. The output from iostat -F is truncated at 20 characters for file-systems names. This can make it almost impossible to confirm the exact file-system that the IO is going to, when you have many mounts that all start with a similar name. E.g....
over 7 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Need a option in lparstat/vmstat command to get virtual cpu utilization in AIX

currently none of the AIX command show %physc or %VP usage. only nmon have it but not available to run a command. please add the %vp to lparstat or vmstat command similar to %ec.
over 7 years ago in AIX 2 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 7 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Modify script /usr/bim/mksysb for use with all tape devices name

The original script /usr/bin/mksysb does not allowto create a bootable mksysb tape if the tape device is not named as /dev/rmt[0-9]* At line 2868 the code is :case "$DEVICE"in # # Fix the block size if $DEVICE is a tape device # /dev/rmt[0-9]*) If...
almost 8 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

TOPAS : Allow for hostname greater than 11 charachters

Topas on "topas -C" only allows hostname with 11 characters. Although one could use the "I" to get ip addresses, names at times are easier .
almost 8 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Have 'chpasswd' Recognize an LPM

After changing the root password on one lpar, we use the 'chpasswd' command to propagate it to the other 100+ lpars in our environment. This works when using the crypt algorithm, but not when using the 'sha512' algorithm
almost 8 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Request for enhancement when migrating AIX6.1 to AIX7.1 via NIMADM

After NIMADM migration from AIX6.1 to AIX7.1, I get the following errors. Please add a fix to cleanup ODM after NIMADM migration. running cfgmgr:Method error (/usr/lib/methods/lncentGotoV2 adapter/pciex/df1028e24204000 phase2): 0514-068 Cause not ...
almost 8 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...
almost 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...
almost 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.
almost 8 years ago in AIX 4 Not under consideration

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