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z/TPF

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Cross-processor Short Term Pool Return & Pool Directory Update

Allow short term pool directories to be updated by any processor in a z/TPF loosely-coupled complex to prevent lost short term pool and accelerated re-dispensing of pool causing improper re-use of pool currently in use by another LNIATA AAA.
about 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under 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...
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Enhancements to weighted msg rate data reduction metrics

Requesting new metrics for rates per weighted messages that exclude work driven by LP ECBs. Specifically:1) VFA, tape, and 3390 rates per weighted message2) Enters per weighted message Note: high priority RFE id 152827 requests mils/weighted messa...
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

VFAFILL=NO support for more macros

The new parameter VFAFILL of the macro FINDC (apar PJ46019) is a very good thing for the RECOUP. We would like to use it on some of our processes but it only exists for the FINDC macro. Could you provide us with the VFAFILL parameter on the other ...
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Planned for future release

z/TPF Online Image Compare

An online compare will compare the image that the system is actively running on to a staged image. It compares the actual object text and identifies the differences. Note: the online compare (by the fact that it is an online object compare), will ...
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

z/TPF zREST as a Data Access Service

Headline: zREST as a Data Access Service to z/TPF Data 2. Lead Contact: mark.whitney@travelport.com 3. Date 2018-04-26 4. Description: a. Multiple z/TPF Customers, Travelport, Amex, Delta, and Citi; desire an implementation of z/TPF REST...
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

ZPTCH improvements

Customer is asking for improvements to zpatch to prevent system issue;The issue appears to be the possibility of inadvertently applying core updates after filing the 20 allowed ZPTCH patch deck slots. The core updates happen because the process al...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under 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 ...
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 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....
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Planned for future release

Provide Activate on Accept for Shared SSL model

This is very similar to the GSS-API model.The SSL Certificate can be used to validate the end user accessing z/TPF. SSL_ctx_set_verify with SSL_verify_peer. An SSL_new and SSL_fd with SSL_Accept we wait until something comes in on the socket with ...
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Planned for future release