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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.
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 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...
almost 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 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 ...
about 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Future consideration

Requesting a clear of the ZBEVF usage and error stats via a functional entry.

Requesting IBM to allow for a clear of the ZBEVF usage and error stats via a functional entry. Today it's only cleared at IPL.
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Allow for sub-second SSL_write when using Shared CTX

Since Shared CTX SSL_write() is always blocking from an application perspective, we must rely on the socket send timeout (SO_SNDTIMEO) to get control back should an event occur such as insufficient send buffer space. SO_SNDTIMEO is only granular t...
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

ZTPF - Recoup option to compare P & D and report mismatch - also parm to copy one to the other.

Optional Parm for Recoup to COMPARE Prime & Dupe copy and report mismatches. This option should have a secondary PARM which when requested applies the selected copy to the other.
almost 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 5 Not under consideration

TPF MongoDB updates and DF manages Sequence Numbers

TPF MongDB updates should use the DF manages sequence number, if defined. The enforcement of the sequence number use should be configurable at a system and table level. Knowledge of the DF sequence number should not need to be known by the client ...
almost 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Configurable limit on TPF MongoDB Responses

The ability to configure an upper limit to the size of a response returned by the TPF MongoDB server. The administrator should have the ability to set 3 different limits.1) A system wide limit2) A table specific limit3) A user account limit.
almost 7 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.
about 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...
about 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration