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TPF Operations Server

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Certify the current tos release with windows server 2022.

Our servers are being loaded with windows server 2022. We need to know that TOS has run in the tpf lab on windows 2022 successfully.
about 2 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 1 Delivered

Provide tiling options for the TOS gui, both at launch time and later.

Predecessor step: correct issue where the -sf option does not work with a locked gui. Otherwise tiling will provide little benefit. Provide the ability to tile host sessions within the gui in different ways: 1 Tiling example at gui startup: jcon.b...
about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 1 Delivered

Please validate TPF Operations Server (TOS) on Windows 2022

We are trying to make some new servers for our TOS installation, and there is a push for us to use Windows 2012 in order to put off the inevitable next upgrade upgrade a little longer. Could it be ready before January 2023?
about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 3 Delivered

Make TPF Operation Server 64-bit compliant

TPF Operations Client and Server both need to be supported and compliant with 64-bit architecture. Currently the TPF Operation Client was made 64-bit compliant but will not work with the TPF Operations Server specifically with the user exit TPFCRY...
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 1 Delivered

TOS certified for Windows server 2016

Testing or certification of TOS for Microsoft Windows Server 2016 version.
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 1 Delivered

Need alert when TOS RAVEN dies.

There are various instances of where we experience RAVEN dying. When this happens, all automation ceases. We need a way for our Operators to be notified that RAVEN has died so the problem can be resolved as quickly as possible.
almost 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 2 Delivered

Support for Windows Server 2019

We must migrate by mandate to Windows Sever 2019 from Windows Server 2012. Currently IBM TPF Operations Server V1.2.06 (TOS_Patch_V1206_20190228 Loaded on Jan 1 2020) will not run on Windows Server 2019 server. IBM must keep currency with the Wind...
about 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 1 Delivered

In RAVEN CALL SEND_TO_HOST, (Product: TPF Operations Server 1.2.0, Component ID: 5799GKX00), provide more RC detail

As proposed by IBM in 72840,442,000, a new return variable will be added to SEND_TO_HOST which will contain the RC that an TOS REXX API call to ETOSR_Send would return, including values like "ETOS_SUCCESS" and "ETOS_USE_CMD_REJECT", which allows t...
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 1 Delivered

Require a 64 Bit Java TOS Client

Java 9 does not have a 32 bit version We are currently on Java 8 but it is clear that migration to Java 9 is imminent.
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 1 Delivered

TOS Java upgrade to 1.8 " 64 bit"

Customer is asking that TOS support Java 1.8 "64 bit"
about 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 2 Delivered