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z/TPFDF

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Refine RELFC counter in z/TPFDF Data Collection

z/TPFDF data collection counters were originally designed to track the calls to specific z/TPFDF central database routines. Each of these routines had a specific task, such as obtaining a core block or releasing a record. These counts generally re...
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Delivered

Improve z/TPFDF dump handling if a device is not operational

When a device is not operational (i.e. IDECSUD is set to CXSGNO/X'88' after a FIND macro) any of the following could occur: 1. Streaming OPR-DB0100 dumps might be issued as every access on that device will fail. In this situation these dumps are n...
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Delivered

Data Events

Data Eventing for zTPF
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Delivered

TPFDF data collection integration

The TPFDF data collection statistics are only available on TPF. The inforation needs to be integrated into the normal TPF data collection flow and reports to allow easy access by TPF performance personal. Having to look at two different platforms ...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 5 Delivered

FIND SVC count

For a TPFDF file count all FIND type SVC calls and record in the DBIFB. Also, provide a user exit at file close time to allow the user to collect this count and perform a user action.
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 3 Delivered

TPFDF - Process Files From Heap Storage

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF13200ORIGIN DATE: February 04, 2013REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT Provide ability for TPFDF APIs to operate on heap storage copies of TPFDF files. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION TPFDF APIs should be enabled to operate on heap storage copies of ...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Delivered

Export/Import TPFDF LRECs to/from XML Format

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF05182F NOTE: Description size has exceeded the 5000 character limit. A file with the full description has been attached.
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 3 Delivered

Integrate TPFDF Data Collection and reporting

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00165Contact Originator Id: jack.opgenorth@eds.comAbstract: Integrate DF data collection and reporting into overall IBM performance collection and reporting utilities as a selectable option.Description: The current DF data coll...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 3 Delivered

TPFDF Display Command Directed to the TPF File Systems

TPFDF should allow options to direct the output of a DBDSP (display) command to the TPF file systems, like the TPF Collection Support File system (TFS). The DBDSP command reads logical records from an input file, optionally strips user specified l...
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Delivered

TPFDF C API improvements

Improve the TPFDF C language API to improve performance, increase programmer productivity and ease program maintenance.
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Delivered