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almost 10 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

Explanation of meaning and reason from error messages in the file /var/log/sys/caa.log

Customer needs the explanation of meaning and reason of error messages in the file /var/log/sys/caa.logError messages are flooding syslog_caa but IBM Support says that this file is only needed for diagnosis purposes
almost 10 years ago in AIX 4 Not under consideration

withdrawal

withdrawal
10 months ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

An eyeglass that help kid that face difficulty in reading information accurately.

This eyeglass will support artificial intelligence attached with earpod that would pair with bluetooth to each other, it will read every written information to the kid as he/she learn while he/she listens.
over 1 year ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

New values for vpm_throughput_core_threshold (enabling a more dynamic setting of the threshold).

Currently, we set SMT and vpm_throughput_mode on many LPARs. In a few cases, we use vpm_throughput_mode_threshold - set to match the entitled cores (small LPARs) or to one less than entitled cores for larger LPARs. We limit the use vpm_throughput_...
over 2 years ago in AIX 2 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...
almost 7 years ago in AIX 1 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...
over 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 ...
over 8 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Request "proxy aware" hmc feature for managed system firmware updates

Pls add proxy aware hmc feature for managed system firmware updates. Specifically, this is -HMC update, start licensed internal code wizard, select ibm service web site, etc....
over 9 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

HSM LAN FREE Backup

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1115062925User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR1115062925Title: HSM LAN FREE BackupSubmitted By: Amy L Wilder/Philadelphia/IBMOriginators Area: EASTFPOC: Glenn Wilcock/Tucson/IBM Submitted Date: 11/15/2006Due D...
over 10 years ago in AIX 3 Not under consideration