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z/TPFDF

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Support data compression in the z/TPFDF product (TPFUG Requirement)

Support subfile data compression/decompression with option to compress the entire subfile or selected Lrecs.
almost 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 0 Future consideration

Include df lrec stats in DF Data Collection

Include lrec accessing stats as part of tpfdf data collection. Include adds, replaces, deletes for top lrecs and their associated subfiles.
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 0 Future consideration

Add TPFDF function details to macro trace in a post processed dump

TPFDF calls appear in dump macro trace as an ENTRC to a UA** assembler program, the reader must then consult the TPFDF programs for details of the actual function.Could this information be included in the macro trace on the same line as the ENTRC?...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 5 Future consideration

TPFDF Cruise Verify should give number of items per Lrec Id

Today the CRUISE VERIFY utility gives the total number of ITEMS.We would appreciate to have also the number of items for each Lrec id.
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) VFAFILL=NO support for TPFDF

PJ46019 provided support for VFAFILL=NO. This allowed read intensive utilities to read VFA candidate records from disk without also putting them in VFA. For read intensive utilities that are only going to read the records once, this avoided displa...
almost 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Future consideration

Make CRUISE Startup more like ZUDFM INIT

We had a situation where automation must have been running behind, so an operator started a CRUISE Capture job and before it completed, automation started. So we had this sequence:START job (by functional entry twice) and before it completed, STAR...
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 0 Future consideration

The CRUISE RESTORE function on a non-DBDEF works fine except that old pools are not getting released

Hi, When running a CRUISE RESTORE function on a non-DBDEF database, old pools are not getting released even though the RELEASE option is specified in the CRUISE RESTORE definition table. We prefer to have old pools released following a CRUISE Rest...
almost 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

CRUISE should provide a command line entry to run a VERIFY function without naming a table

CRUISE should provide a command line entry to run a VERIFY function without having to set up a table for this purpose. Currently every CRUISE function requires a table be created first. The VERIFY could kick off as soon as the entry is made, or it...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

CRUISE logs should include the list of tape volumes created or used by a parameter table

CRUISE should include a list of capture tape volumes created by a Capture or restored by a parameter table. Currenlty, no log or record is kept of the tape volumes generated during the capture. The information has to be obtained from the console l...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

Recoup Phase 5 use of the RTL tape

Recoup phase 5 (ZRECP DUMP entry) writes all lost and erroneously available file pool records to the current real-time logging tape (RTA or RTL). Can the recoup phase 5 process be changed to write to a different tape thats only used for recoup? HP...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration