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ZSVTT entry will not validate spares for fixed records

We can only validate fixed records and pool records but NOT spare records. Sabre doesn't use the alternate FCTB loader so I'm concerned that we have to IPL the system (downtime if it's a single processor) to load a second FCTB just to validate the...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Enhance ENQC support and provide greater visibility/alerting into the number of ECBs waiting on events

1) There is no means currently for an application to know how many ECBs are waiting on a resource. This means that applications have only two processing options for ENQC 1) if they get the resource or 2) if they don't get the resource. Additional ...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Not under consideration

Move WGTA tables above the 2g Bar

Request is to move the WGTA tables above the 2g bar in order to free up valuable space below the BAR Current allocation is 1.4 million entries today .
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Not under consideration

Detect attempts to extend size of Application Stack storage beyond ESPS limit

Attempts to extend Application Stack storage beyond the ESPS limit are not currently detected or handled directly; the stack pointer is set to what should be the new address, but the storage is not mapped. Processing in this scenario inevitably tr...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Enhance MakeTPF for TPFAR builds.

Enhance the MakeTPF process to be more of a automated process for TPFAR builds to included the DB2 precompile, the bind and compile. The process exists for .asm files, support needs to be added for c and c++ ...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

MQ Series - add support for the WebSphere MQ v.6 monitoring functions for Queues and Channels.

TPFUG_Req_Number: MQ07001FContact Originator Id: bryan.alison@worldspan.comAbstract: This MQ Series enhancement will add support for providing statistical information related to real-time queue and channel usage, in conjunction with the local Queu...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

CDC UNABLE TO ALLOCATE STORAGE

There are several problems with this message. 1.) The documentation says that the user needs to take no action (when action is really needed).2.) When we're trying to set a global that has already been set, the user may or may not know that it has...
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

NEED TCP/IP SSU Counts made available

It is currently understood that high speed and low speed messages are going away. However, the TCP/IP messages are of extreme value for us and our ability to assist in the troubleshooting for when problems occur. When a problem currently happens, ...
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

ZDHST disp tot

The command zdhst when displaying the dumps totals from the logs in the file system results in ( UNABLE TO GET HEAP STORAGE FOR ZDHST COMMAND) way too often. The current process is to use the file(s) within the file system across the LC complex to...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

BYPASS for ZFCTB LOAD

There are times we may want to bypass the FCTB validation when using Norm State FCTB Load. It would be beneficial if we could load a FCTB in Norm when wanting to delete a pool type, for example.
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

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