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Alternate field for CE3PATSTCK in ECB page 3

We(TPF Software) have compiled our product with the PUT25 updates and are encountering an issue where the field CE3PASTCK has been isolated in IEQCE3.MAC. The CE3PASTCK field is used by our product to update the internal call stack. Is there an eq...
3 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF Planned for future release

TPFUG Requirement IBM Case TS017276945 - TPF Queue Manager MQ Channels using MVIPA do not maintain MQ Message Sequence Number when the active CPU changes resulting in error MQSC0347E "Channel Stopped Because of Message Sequence Errors". This puts TPF MQ at a distinct disadvantage

ISSUE: Travelport uses Moveable VIPA (MVIPA) in MQ to provide a floating IP to the TPF Queue Manager on any CPU (a single Redundant connection point for the Remote End). This serves as TPF's equivalent of High Availability (HA) which is available ...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF Planned for future release

RTMC needs to be able to display information about record holds by category, which shows the number of holds, the number of collisions and wait times.

The categories being considered are: FIWHC and FINHC. For each category, there needs to be the following summary level information per configurable RTMC collection interval for i) the number of holds, ii) the number of collisions and iii) the wait...
almost 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF Planned for future release

(TPFUG/Visa) Enhance Data collection parameters

Currently, there is only a maximum skip factor of 9999 and it applies to both the Program and File collector. We would like to have separate skip factors for the Program / File collector and to increase the skip value beyond 9999. This allows the ...
almost 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF Planned for future release

(TPFUG/Visa) Data reduction system-wide CPU and mils enhancements

Request the following NEW metrics in data reduction reports to allow for easier tracking of transactional workload once LP workload increases:1) System avg Smoothed Adjusted CPU. Avg calculated for in-use (not fenced) i/streams2) System avg "Trans...
almost 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF Planned for future release

TPF Continuous Data Collection. Add Weighted Msg Rate and Tivoli Functionality To Manipulate Data

Provide weighted message rate statistics based on formulas used in Data Reduction. In addition to actual "weighted message rate counts", either provide related statistics (DASD/VFA I/O per message, or an enhancement to Tivoli that would allow mani...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF Planned for future release

(TPFUG/Visa) ZRTMC collected data needs to include RHT and event table data

ZRTMC deliverables include NVPC data and CDC data. However, this data provides no insight into issues that may be due to processing contention. Primary sources of ECB contention are:1) the RHT 2) CORHC/ENCQC 3) hopefully less likely, but the addit...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF Planned for future release

Enhance IPLB0088T to show channel in error

Please enchance the following message to display pertinent information to the channel that is having issues - IPLB0088T CHANNEL CHECK THRESHOLD EXCEEDED. IPL TERMINATED+ This would be very useful in quickly identifying the problem and taking corre...
over 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF Planned for future release

Continuous Data Collection Enhancements

For the Continuous Data Collection Tivoli tool, we would like the following metrics added to the CDC SYSTEM tab:Mils/MsgPathlengthService Time
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF Planned for future release

(TPFUG/Visa) Alert on event table waiters (CORHC/ENQC) exceeding a user defined value

We need to be able to alert on event table waiters exceeding a user defined value, much like we can currently alert on RHT waiters. The alert would not take any action, it would be a warning mechanism of contention build up. User exits in the supp...
over 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF Planned for future release

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