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Allow z/TPF to run without consoles

Allow TPF to run if no consoles are available and an attempt to fallback to the HMC is not successful. Do not crash TPF, instead, send all console data to the RTA tape via TOURC for later on analysis. We have had conditions where TPF took a catast...
about 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Is a defect

ZMDES Clean Up after zDFDL Schema zOLDR Fallback or zOLDR Delete

1. ZMDES Manage Deployment Descriptors Process requires multi-CPU/LPAR clean up after a zDFDL Schema zOLDR Fallback or Delete. The other LPARS in the z/TPF Loosely Coupled Complex (LCC) generally do not have their tables updated until an IPL. This...
almost 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Is a defect

UII1 should detect an online load of UIIB/UIIC and update the @UIITBL

IBM's UII logic is that: UII1 keeps the core addresses of the UIIB and UIIC (action code tables) in the global field @UIITBL and @UIITBL+4. It is done when the first input entry is processed. All subsequent entries access UIIB/UIIC using the @UIIT...
almost 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Is a defect