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Enhance ZRECP DISPLAY LOST and ZRECP DISPLAY ERRON

TPFUG_Req_Number: D13010ORIGIN DATE: April 22,2013REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT : Enhance ZRECP DISPLAY LOST and ZRECP DISPLAY ERRON to support a PGM parameter and a SKIP parameter. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION : Provide a functional entry that will display los...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Capturing SOCRATE for an application

SOCRATE is only captured if a maximum SOCRATE has been specified in the NSD for AORs. It is kept for reads() regardless of whether or not the maximum is specified in the NSD, however you will not see the information with the ZSOCK SOCRATE displays...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 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...
almost 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...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

Reduce CDC interval frequency limit

Currently the CDC minimum collection interval is5 seconds. If this could be reduced ( perhaps to 1 second), more granular data would be available. this data would be more useful for problem diagnosis, as well as provide better tivoli monitoring au...
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Not under consideration

zddsi enhancement request to include PCHID information.

zddsi enhancement request to include PCHID information . Customer is asking for an enhancement request to ZDDSI to include the PCHID information that is associate with the CHIPID for the associated device. This information would be very useful in ...
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Future consideration

(TPFUG) Create new DFDL function to release memory when building or parsing while using DFDL APIs

Create function(s) to release memory following the invocation of DFDL APIs. This would alleviate memory leaks when calling the APIs multiple times.
2 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Provide tooling to create a consolidated view of Migration Considerations for a user defined batch of APARs

Understanding migration considerations is a critical part of installing APARs. Each APEDIT has a MIGRATION CONSIDERATIONS section for IBM to document various APAR impacts including: Functional automation and operation changes, API changes, SIP imp...
4 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Add sort options to the ZDTAP entry

With options to sort on UNIT or Volume, it is easier to see what tapes or units are mounted.At this moment the ZDTAP without option just displays all units and tapes. ZDTAP [SORT [Volume]] would make live much easier for operators to see what is g...
6 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 12 Future consideration

Provide capability to ZRIPL with CLEAR option

Reduce time to IPL during planned outage windows. If customers could zripl with change image names as well as CLEAR main memory operator intervention could be removed.
9 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Future consideration