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VLAN / Vswitch info from CLI on Linux on Power

I would like to have a command on Linux on Power similar to AIX enstat command; to find out Vswitch & VLAN information from OS CLI: AIX entstat example:root@capadir01:/home/root # entstat -d ent1 |egrep "MYVLAN|Port VLAN ID"Port VLAN ID: 4000S...
over 6 years ago in PowerVM 1 Not under consideration

Informix ESQL/C ifx_var_getdata() should do charset conversion when binding with CLVCHARPTRTYPE

Sorry for the IBM AIX product name but this is about IBM/HCL Informix and I can't find the product name in the list... Platforms: Linux Debian 10.7 or Windows 10Informix server: IDS-14.10.FC5Informix client: CSDK 4.50.FC5DB_LOCALE = en_us.utf8CLIE...
almost 4 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Ability to disable updates to the file access times in IFS (noatime support)

Add the noatime attribute to the mount command for UDFS objects. Use Case: When accessing hundreds or thousands of unchanging files in IFS, for example when compiling a large application, it would be useful to stop updating the access time for eac...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 5 Not under consideration

Console Connect Tool Needed for Red Hat Linux Customer Use

We have a complaint open for a client running RHEL on Power VM. They have Red Hat support and in order to do debugging the Red Hat team needs a way for the customer to capture console output via serial port connection. They provided the following ...
about 4 years ago in Parallel Environment for Power Linux / Runtime Edition 1 Not under consideration

issues with netcd

netcd is unable to handle the dynamic nature of the GSS (Global Site Selector) based DNS record/ TLL. when the DNS record becomes unavailable and netcd is handling the entry as ‘stale' entry in netcd's cache.When the DNS entry comesback online , n...
about 8 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

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

Limit KSYS to discover disks attached to KSYS managed LPARs & using local cache when nothing changed since last discovery

Name of the software vendor: IBM is the product vendor but the product needs to discover and use EMC storage array disks using Storage Enabler softwareApplication name: VMRM-DR KSYSData store(s) for the application e.g. DB2 z/OS, DB2 LUW, Open Sou...
over 4 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 1 Delivered

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

IKE should trigger ODT tunnel for any valid incoming IKE negotiation.

Incoming non-IKE packets trigger ODT on AIXFor Windows and Linux (StrongSwan) IPsec implementations only valid incoming IKE N/W traffic will trigger the dynamic negotiation of the IKE tunnels on these Operating systems.
almost 5 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

In the absence of multi-target SAP HANA configuration, support in PowerHA Linux, when user manually configures the 3rd site

In the absence of multi-target SAP HANA configuration support in PowerHA Linux, when user manually configures the 3rd site (say ‘C', outside PowerHA Linux which is configured with ‘A' and ‘B'), then correct handling of the replication state betwee...
about 5 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 2 Not under consideration

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