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(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.
almost 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Enhancement to the FCAP0008I output message

Hi,This enhancement request concerns the FCAP0008I output message. We would like to have the tape VSN included in the output message as well:FCAP0008I hh.mm.ss MOD 028A ON 650C TO TAPE xxxxxx ON 0C21 - STARTEDwhere xxxxxx=tape VSN. Thank you for y...
almost 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Remove keyword ICLH from dumps

Remove keyword ICLD (CLH block management tables) from the dumps to reduce the size.
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Optimize macro trace and function trace buffer allocation

Could IBM review the effect of trace buffer allocation on system performance?Currently both the macro trace and function traces are split between regular and extended buffers, so any update requires access to storage in two different cache lines.B...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

z/TPF to use DHCP server to get IP addresses

Currently the ZOSAE command requires a specific IP address to be entered. This is fine for production systems, but I would like an option to use DHCP for test systems. We have hundreds of VPARS/Test TPF systems and some "home grown" software to ma...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

zimag path information

It would be useful if the zimag display could should the path information for keypoints and CIMR components that are loaded onto the z/TPF complex. The reason for the request is to get to a common image base that can be loaded/ built across multip...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

z/TPF ETIM System Profiler enhancement to report z/TPF TE MIPS by z/TPF TE Eligible Middleware Components

a. Enhance ETIM System Profiler report to provide a further break down of TE MIPS by major TE Topics and further into Functions by I-Stream such as: i. Compression i. Compression ii. Middleware Application i. Rules Engine (RE) ii. LDAP ii...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Planned for future release

Device Error LOG - Storage & Tape (as a start)

ADD on to Specific error detection, corrective action, a communication link for on-line error tracking. A tracking vehicle for (perhaps) "All attached Devices" but at first for Storage Devices. Overhaul existing processes and on-broad tracking in ...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Need a tool to exploit data from new datacollection reduced under Linux.

The new datareduction under linux will provide data in a new format.Could you provide a tool to archive and analyse the data from datacollection? Something like you will do for Name value Pair Collection with ADI...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

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