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ZMATC enhancements to modify config files

Introduce a new MODIFY parameter to the ZMATC command such as: ZMATC MODIFY FILE-filename FIELD-fieldname VALUE-"value string" ZMATC MODIFY FILE-filename FIELD-fieldname REMOVE This command would have the following behaviors: It would modify the s...
about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

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...
about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Additional NVPC/ZMOWN metrics to assess LP eligibility (TPFUG/Visa)

Good candidate workloads to run LP must have a low CPU burn per LP redispatch rate to ensure they will get out of the way of transactional work. Currently, the only way to ballpark the CPU burn per LP dispatch is to use CPU consumed and DASD FINDs...
about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

STACKVAL dumps (CTL-064009) showing CPS0 in EXITC processing

As requested by IBM, opening an RFE for what was previously in a PMR.PMR: 68273 004 000 Problem Details . Product or Service: Z/TPF 1.1.0 Component ID: 5748T1501 . Operating System: TPF . Problem title STACKVAL dumps (CTL-064009) showing CPS0 in E...
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Prevent loading DFDL files into wrong folder

I opened case TS008515710 for an issue we had where a programmer loaded a DFDL file for a business event into the wrong folder. APAR PJ46741 was opened to address this issue by ignoring files in the loader that were going to the wrong folder. Our ...
about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Future consideration

Require Domain Specific DNS server support

The current DNS support defines a primary/secondary DNS server for name resolution. We have a requirement to be able to user our default DNS servers, but for specific Domain Names we need to access our customers DNS server for name resolution. The...
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Online load of File system files should be logged by PFS

Since z/TPF software development and version control requires a non-z/TPF platform there is a requirement to maintain on that software development platform a list of programs (and versions) loaded on the z/TPF system.Before TPF41 APAR PJ25880, whi...
almost 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Update 3270 interrupt handling (CCP4) to close security loopholes

When using a 3270 subchannel that had previously been used with another application, and that session had not been logged-off (LOGO), the new session will still be logged-on to that application. When CCP4 (in CLOA) detects an unsolicited device en...
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

Provide user exit in 3270 COMM SOURCE to handle LOGI security

Provide a user exit in the 3270 comm source package that will enter a customer-written program to display a sign-on screen for a user to enter credentials. The user exit will be responsible to display a secure 3270 welcome screen and to perform au...
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

Implement preserve-root option on zfile rm

zTPF should request "positive confirmation/are you sure" on certain potentially harmful ZFILE commands.
over 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Future consideration

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