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Rob McNelly shares his thoughts on user experiences, both in tech and out in the world The post McNelly: Change May Be Inevitable, but Some Design Changes Are Ill-Advised appeared first on TechChannel.

Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX could allow for arbitrary code execution. Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in IBM AIX, the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution.

After installing VIOS to local HDD, I can use LUNs from ESOS for storage pools/vdisks in IVM. Installing AIX.iso from usb – does not link or see LUNs. If I try to go to option 5 on the install config page “Select Storage Adapters”, it hangs.

#IBMAIX has a technology called WPAR to enable containerization, but it is not developer-friendly like podman or docker.3 years ago, I did a small PoC – runc-aix to run containers on AIX in a “runc manner”. It is based on WPAR syscalls that are available in AIX, but it doesn’t use any userspace WPAR tools. It can start and stop containers and nothing else.This is a small demo using it.

Most of us working with AIX know the IBM AIX Toolbox for Open Source Software. It’s a repository that gives us access to the open-source world. But have you ever looked closely… The post AIX Toolbox – What is hidden among the RPM packages for AIX? appeared first on OSAdmins.

Why should I pay so many bucks for the opensource software?

I’m also trying to switch from spapr-vscsi & spapr-vlan devices to virtio. (There’s only one NIC on the vm, but have the same result with spapr-vlan enabled, in which case networking works fine)

If set to a static default like the offending (and imho insecure!) relative paths are no longer shown and works correctly. Update: I can block this behaviour by explicitly setting the variable which controls the order of searching and loading dynamic libraries (this is like on Linux).

Veeam has released security updates to address a critical security flaw impacting its Backup & Replication software that could lead to remote code execution. CVE-2024-56346 (CVSS score: 10.0) – An improper access control vulnerability that could permit a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands via the AIX nimesis NIM master service

According to an article, IBM License Metric Tool v9 can be attacked via several security vulnerabilities. In a warning message, IBM’s developers state that they have closed two “critical” security gaps (CVE-202456346, CVE-2024-56347) in the AIX server operating system.

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Big Blue’s workstation workhorse patches hole in network installation manager that could let the bad guys in IBM “strongly recommends” customers running its Advanced Interactive eXecutive (AIX) operating system apply patches after disclosing two critical vulnerabilities, one of which has a perfect 10 severity score.…

Journaled File System (JFS) is a pivotal data storage and management technology within IBM’s AIX operating system. This article delves into the intricacies of optimizing JFS to enhance its performance and efficiency. These topics are covered in the following sections: As a complex and highly advanced file system, JFS is engineered to manage and store The post Optimizing JFS on AIX appeared first on TechChannel.

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