AIX Roadmap

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/aix-support-lifecycle-information

AIX Hybrid Cloud

AIX 7.3 TL2 Highlights (Nov 2023)

Enhanced Availability

• AIX live kernel update performance with PowerVC landscapes
• Enhanced LLDP reporting
• MPIO support for Fabric Peformance Impact Notification (FPIN)

Automation and Modernization

• python 3.19.17, bash 5.2.15, libxml2 2.10.4, rpm 4.18.1, rsyslog 8.2212.0

Modernization with Hybrid Cloud

• Open-technology based Admin Tools
• Automation with Ansible
• Cloud Deployment Models

Management modernization

• Python included for out of the box ansible automation
• bash as an included alternate shell
• create_ova with HW compression