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    Better performance by converting STCK to STCKF instructions in CPS0

    PJ39153 on PUT08 introduced code in CCCTIN to convert several STCK instructions to STCKF instructions if the store-clock-fast facility is installed. Fast forward to 2017 and TPF will "not IPL correctly or run as intended on a machine earlier than ...
    over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

    Ensure runtime metrics collection captures a rare or desired messages.

    Some utilities or messages occur extremely rarely (like once every 5 or 60 minutes). If RTMC is sampling 300 ECBs/sec of a 10k/sec workload, it is highly unlikely that utility/message of interest will be captured in the normal course of NVP collec...
    over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

    Dump history in Runtime Metrics Collection

    Runtime Metrics Collection provides dashboards with graphs of various metrics over time. It would be advantageous to show on these graphs when a dump occurs. This may be particularly useful in light of idea https://ibm-z-software-portal.ideas.ibm....
    over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

    Loadset history in Runtime Metrics Collection

    Runtime Metrics Collection provides dashboards with graphs of various metrics over time. Many of these metrics can be affected by the activation of new code (actual CPU, CPU used by a particular message type/NVP, ECBs in use, etc). It would be adv...
    over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

    zHSC needs Package Option to not Lock Socket on zHSC Send and not Correlate zHSC Reply

    z/TPF High Speed Connector (zHSC) needs API Options that do not Lock the TCP/IP Socket that the zHSC Message is being sent on as well as not expect a zHSC Reply on that socket that needs to be Correlated.
    almost 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

    Ensure the REST OLDR functions provide proper audit trail to Prime Cras for any changes to a program loadset's status or composition.

    Two critical and standard practices used in zTPF systems are the restriction of certain system alteration entries and functions to a CRAS terminal, and the journaling of the resulting alterations themselves to the Prime CRAS system console. The Pr...
    over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

    z/TPF zMQ support for multiple MQ Connection Names to Multi-Instance (MI) MQ Servers

    1. Z/TPF currently generally needs to interact with Multi-Instance (MI) distributed MQ Clusters through a Virtual IP Address (VIP) and Load Balancer or similar abstracting infrastructure. 2. This is because z/TPF does not support multiple MQ Conne...
    almost 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

    Add sending to MQ Distribution lists support to ZTPF MQ Client

    Z/TPF Applications want the ability to send one copy of an MQ message to multiple Queue Managers and Multiple Queues
    over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

    RIP Replacement for z/Systems Open Systems Network Interface

    1. Cisco is indicating that it is apparently retiring the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) from its routers/switches, z/TPF needs a replacement such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF). 2. The most recent addition of Cisco's most recent...
    almost 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

    FARF6 fixed file for traditional TPF databases

    Most of our databases are zTPFDF. Our database growth is primarily FARF6. Our pools control records are FARF5. With each pool gen we must increase the various pools control records allocations, requiring additional UFT/FTI5 pairs. We are exhaustin...
    almost 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Future consideration

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