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    VFA performance suggestion

    Whilst testing an application that issues thousands of FILECs on a specific VFA Immediate file address we saw the ZVFAC USAGE display never showed more than one access.This is because VFA uses a new buffer if the current one has the write active b...
    over 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Not under consideration

    Internet Daemon Configuration File (IDCF) - Allow the ability to specify on which I-stream an Internet Server will start

    When altering or adding an Internet server appication entry to the IDCF, allow the ability to specify on which I-stream that server will start.
    over 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

    OSA polling when nearing the depletion of IPMT blocks

    Enhancement to shutdown OSA polling when nearing the depletion of IPMT blocks. This occurs today when polling during dump processing, but is not done in the mainline polling path. To prevent complete depletion of IPMTs by OSA polling and possible ...
    over 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

    ECBRM to limit z/TPF File System INODE usages

    We have a limited number of #INODE blocks in the system. A run-away ECB may try to create thousands of files, in a relatively short time period, on File System directories up to the point where INODE shortage can cripple all others interacting wit...
    over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 7 Not under consideration

    ZUDFM entry do display program/relation...

    Our RECOUP procedure includes a "ZRBKD DISP ALL" entry to have a view of our descriptors in the TPF log, but today most of our databases use DBDEF instead of RECOUP descriptor. We would appreciate an entry like "ZUDFM DEF REC" which combines ZUDFM...
    over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

    Lrec ID data collection

    TPFDF needs to collect statistics on the access/updates by Lrec id for a given file. These stats do not need to be collected for all files.
    over 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Future consideration

    New User Exit for DBCLS

    We would like a new user exit case that can be used at DBCLS.
    over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 3 Not under consideration

    z/TPF Toolkit - Selective activation of loadset by IP address

    Feature 1: Selective activation of loadset by IP address Feature 2:With feature 1, allow debugging of ECB launched from Toolkit.
    over 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 3 Not under consideration

    keyrc protection restoration should be nested

    A method is needed to allow nested sa ving and restoring of protect keys. The current keyrc method only works for 1 level.
    over 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

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    over 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

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