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AIX

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    LUN_RESET delay/timeout after I/O timeout should be a customisable value

    We have noticed a significant impact in terms of IO paused after IO timeouts since the introduction of IJ07805 / IJ07842 / IJ10537. We consider that the new timers added to the LUN Reset should be part of the ODM definition for the disk class in o...
    over 6 years ago in AIX 0 Not under consideration

    rendev updates

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

    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

    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.
    over 3 years ago in AIX 0 Planned for future release

    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

    Hitting a limitation and if any applications area accessing /dev/kmem during an LKU, it will cause it to fail.

    Please find the below investigation & work around report for live update, and let me know if any concerns, thanks.. @Two type of issues stopping our Live update project:- 1- The following process stopping ( /dev/kem Java & machine.jar (App...
    about 6 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

    AIX should provide a method to notify the SRC that a daemon restart is triggered externally

    Provide a method for daemons, that an externally triggered restart (for example from a remote system) of a daemon is "ok" for the SRC daemon.
    over 4 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    PAM module support

    Well-known and often-used PAM module pam_localuser is not currently available on AIX.Not integrating this module pre-compiled with the base AIX packages or through yum is a missed opportunity.It also currently impedes easy deployment of our corss-...
    over 4 years ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

    Add protocol SMB 3.1.1 support to SMBC client for AIX

    Currently, SMB 3.0.2 is the only supported protocol by SMBC client for AIX.As more and more cloud and storage providers support Microsoft SMB 3.1.1, it should be great that the SMBC client for AIX supports it.
    almost 4 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

    The smbc.rte driver must be MUST more robust against IP address changes on a file server!!!!

    We have a NAS "cluster" from which we're mounting CIFS shares. We must use SMBv3 to be compliant with our InfoSec department. However, when an IP changes in our cluster, it's registered with DNS, but the smbc filesystems UTTERLY lock up. They don'...
    about 2 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

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