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AIX

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    Add target limitations to PV_SU in AIX RBAC

    If one of the PV_SU kernel privileges is used any target user id can be reached by a privileged command. There is currentliy no limitation to the list of target user id's for the su command. It would be great to get a way to limit the target user-...
    over 3 years ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

    Support of AIX Flash Cache for AIX VM with support of Dual VIOS each VIOS as a FC service

    Want to split the AIX Flash virtual support over VIOS over two VIO to loose only 50% of VIOS Shutdown due to maintenance or VIO outage
    about 3 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    SNMPv3 AES Encryption Support

    Upgrade AIX SNMPv3 to support AES encryption.
    almost 4 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    Storage space reclamation over vSCSI

    AIX supports space reclamation with various storage systems over NPIV. Customers using vSCSI for good reasons also want to use this feature with storage systems especially with IBM Storwize V7000 Gen2+ and FlashSystem 7200.
    over 4 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    RSCT - Change to Communication Group formation over entirely uncommon subnets

    When creating a RSCT "Peer Domain" cluster in a DR setup (2 Data Centers, multiple km apart), and with multiple Networks. It can happen that unwanted, or not working RSCT Communication Groups get created. It would be useful to have a capability to...
    over 3 years ago in AIX 3 Planned for future release

    AIX kernel facility to track outstanding opens to a device

    Currently AIX doesn't track open()s to a device. In case a process has a device opened before the configuration method has ran that device cannot be configured on the OS without a reboot, because it is not possible to identify the offending proces...
    over 2 years ago in AIX 9 Not under consideration

    AIX Live update fd helper support for more than 64K sockets needed

    We normally use AIX Live Update for patching all our lpars including production servers. We have Oracle applications which have more than 64K sockets open during operation, which is currently unsupported by AIX live update (LKU) procedure, because...
    over 2 years ago in AIX 3 Future consideration

    sendmail configuration needs authentication to work

    sendmail configuration needs authentication to work from the company's smtp server. i have been informed AIX does not support authentication on sendmail. can you please work around this so it can be achievable.
    about 6 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    rendev updates

    I would like to have the rendev command to be able to change rootvg disk(s) and take effect after reboot.
    about 4 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    Enhance the AIX RBAC roles isso, so, and sa

    The AIX RBAC roles isso, so, and sa have in Standard AIX a lot less rights than in Trusted AIX. It should be equal. At least for the components which are available on both AIX types.
    about 3 years ago in AIX 0 Planned for future release

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