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Need additional measurements for short-term pools on time between dispense and return

Need additional measurements for short-term pools on time between dispense and return in order to configure directory set size and to understand recycle time. It is suggested to provide this information by pool section and by record ID by pool type.
almost 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Implement HTTP 2.0 Client for zTPF

Implement a HTTP 2.0 Client for zTPF which will support compression, binary protocol and multiplexing over a single TCP connection.
about 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

(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 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

PDU Enhancements - Add pool type along with time and processor parameters

We see this previously requested and declined as 44798. We would like to re-request as a result of an incident in PSS on 10/14/2021. • PDU Create Exclude process should be able support the NOSWITCH logic. This would enable the user to execute ZRPD...
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

ZDTCP PING processing to use the local routing table

Request is to update ZDTCP PING processing to use the local routing table when the LOCAL parameter is not supplied (replacing current process of using the default local IP address).
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Add Kafka Headers to the DefaultPublishHandler Interface

We'd like to see the DefaultPublishHandler provided in PJ45923: Guaranteed Delivery Support for JVM Services, to be enhanced to include support for Kafka Headers. Currently the interface only supports the Key and Data related to the Kafka message....
almost 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

TPF Client channel does not support SSL

TPF is inquiring if there is any future possibility of adding SSL to our ZMQID DEF parms for our client channels to be defined securely. We are currently in a project with z/OS MQ and concerns are being raised creating channels without TLS on the ...
about 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Future consideration

Requesting a clear of the ZBEVF usage and error stats via a functional entry.

Requesting IBM to allow for a clear of the ZBEVF usage and error stats via a functional entry. Today it's only cleared at IPL.
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Support NONVPNAME option on ZDECB

PJ46160 provided support on ZDECB to display ECBs with a given NVPNAME. Request ZDECB support for NONVPNAME which would display ECBs which do not have the given NVPNAME setup.
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Suppress SNAPC console messages

Create new ZASER and ZIDOT options to suppress SNAPC console messages.1) ZASER SNAP CONSDMP to suppress nodump msgs2) ZIDOT SNAP NOMSG prefix.error to suppress sending console messages of a particular SNAPC dump.
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

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