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    See support for building and loading outside of s390x, especially on x86

    Support for building and loading outside of s390x, especially on x86 The most likely operating system is going to be an x86 Linux system (Red Had or Ubuntu) Programs that we need to be ported to x86 The binutils toolchain(tpf-g++,tpf-ld, tpf-ar, t...
    over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 4 Not under consideration

    Incorporate Support for Spark Connect Dataframe API into IBM Apache Spark Version 4

    The Apache Spark on Z customer base at V3.5.1 cannot securely initiate a z-based spark workload from off-platform (including z/Linux, OCP, or RHEL x86). The solution dating back to Apache Spark 3.4 is the Spark Connect dataframe API. We ask IBM to...
    6 months ago in IBM Z Platform for Apache Spark 2 Planned for future release

    Release TPF Debugger from IBM TPF Toolkit as Java Library

    Take the IBM TPF Debugger facilities that exist in IBM TPF Toolkit 4.6 and make available to customers as a stand-alone Java library (NOT as an Eclipse plug-in). n other words, provide the Java library that is responsible for the functionality to ...
    about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 5 Not under consideration

    Allow passtickets to be used on JDBC connection to Db2 for z/OS

    Currently, Spark only allows a password to be used for a JDBC connection. Allowing the use of a passticket on the connection improves security (no need to store or send passwords) and improves the manageability of a customers environment. This cou...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Z Platform for Apache Spark 0 Future consideration

    Spark method to more easily use datasets

    There is no simple way to feed dataset data into Spark through the shell which is a common method of invoking Spark. A function should be developed or a script made available that would be an official IBM method to use datasets with Spark.
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Platform for Apache Spark 2 Future consideration

    Cluster Mode - IzODA

    I would like Spark on z to be sysplex compliant as is MOST Software on system z. • We expect IzODA to use multiple workers (executors) on multiple lpars with one master node • if the master node goes down, IzODA will automatically reassign Spark M...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Z Platform for Apache Spark 1 Future consideration

    New Reference Stop option in the TK Debugger

    Request support for a new "Reference stop" breakpoint type. This would stop when a given EVA memory location is accessed by the traced ECB (read OR updated). Support would at minimum allow the user to specify a memory address for a given number of...
    over 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 3 Not under consideration

    Switch between slot in SW00SR view don't work

    In Toolkit 4.6, in debug, the SW00SR view is not updated when switching from one slot (TPFDF database) to another. Example in attach file : when we click on the second slot (25000B00), the details (and also Core Blocks, ...) are note updated with ...
    over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Is a defect

    z/TPF Program Analysis Tool

    Headline: Program Analysis Tool 2. Lead Contact: mark.whitney@travelport.com 3. Date 2018-04-26 4. Description: a. Multiple z/TPF Customers, Travelport, Citibank, Amex, Marriott, Delta, and SABRE, desire an implementation desire a Progra...
    over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Not under consideration

    Notify user when large files are corrupted by RSE

    On occasion, RSE may corrupt or partially write out large files. Could RSE be enhanced such that, after a file transfer is complete, it performs a checksum on both sides, compares the result, and if corruption is detected, notify the user.
    over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

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