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AIX OS Maintenance

Why Trusted Third-Party AIX Support Matters?

IBM phases out AIX versions over time, but critical systems often remain in service. At Trifecta, we specialize in post-EOS support—keeping your AIX systems stable, secure, and supported when OEM timelines no longer align with your roadmap.

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Supported AIX Versions

We offer comprehensive support across these releases

  • AIX 5.3
  • AIX 6.1
  • AIX 7.1 TL5+
  • AIX 7.2 TL5+
  • AIX 7.3 TL0 (IBM projects end-of-support December 2025)

Extended AIX Support Capabilities

We support AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1 TL5, 7.2 TL5, and the upcoming 7.3 TL0 with ongoing access to firmware, updates, and guidance—even beyond IBM’s timeline.

Key Areas of Expertise

  • Logical Volume Manager (LVM): Storage tuning and performance.
  • System Recovery (mksysb): Fast restores using system images.
  • C2 Security, PAM & User Access: Enforce robust auth & control.
  • Trusted AIX & RBAC: Role-based privilege alignment.
  • NIM Install & Provisioning: Network-based system rollout.
  • Complex Networking: LACP, PEGP, stacked VLANs.
  • SAN Boot, Multipathing & NPIV: Resilient storage access.

Overlay & Advanced Support

  • PowerVM (VIOS): Virtualization & partitioning.
  • PowerHA (HACMP): High availability & clustering.
  • LPAR / DLPAR: Flexible partition reallocation.
  • Cryptographic Management: System encryption, keys, policies.
  • JFS & JFS2: Filesystem tuning, compression, encryption.

AIX Patching Solutions

Even when IBM no longer provides fixes, we develop patches for essential services. For example, we address known vulnerabilities in SSH, NTP, SNMP, and other system daemons by building BOS-level patch packages.

What We Patch

  • SSH
  • NTP
  • Telnet / rsh / rlogin / rexec
  • talk / ntalk / writesrv
  • Sendmail
  • SNMP
  • inetd & internal services

How We Reduce Risk

1

Stabilize First

  • Health check + error log pull + firmware plan at kickoff.
2

Parts

  • Forward-stock critical FRUs to cut MTTR.
3

Clear Runbooks

  • Common faults, swap guides, dependencies.
4

Quarterly Review

  • Tickets, CTTR, sparing hits/misses, EOSL roadmap.

Can you support AIX versions that are end-of-life by IBM?

Yes, post-EOS coverage is central to our service. We maintain secure configs and provide mitigation workarounds when IBM support ceases.

What SLAs are available for AIX support?

Available SLAs: 24×7×4 onsite, 24×7 NBD, 9×5 NBD, plus custom options aligned to your criticality.

Do you support PowerVM, VIOS, and PowerHA overlays?

Yes. LPAR/DLPAR, VIOS, PowerHA clustering, multipathing, SAN boot support included in our runbooks.