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LINK option needs to be reinstated for ZTRAP offline

Problem title LINK option not being used for ZTRAP offline . Problem description LINK option in 4.1 ESPM was used to determine what program was using system services like DF. In zTPF implementation there is no difference in the report for LINK YES...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Delivered

Improve the performance of CRUISE TOP file address exchange

In the first phase of RESTORE, the BFA Capture tapes are read and each data block is filed to new pool and cross-reference files are updated. Following the tape “roll in” phase, there is a phase called address exchange or “fad exchange” where old ...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Delivered

Improve CRUISE restore execution time

Improve CRUISE restore execution time by adopting multi I-Stream and multi ECB processing. CRUISE Restore consists of 3 stages:1. TAPE Rollin2. Address Exchange (FAD Exchange)3. Fixed Address Exchange (FAD Exchange Part TWO) 1. Tape Rollin (Need c...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 4 Delivered

TPFDF Lrec Display Overlap in Debug

While in toolkit debug, would like the option to over lay a different lrec layout than the one defined in the sw00sr column of display. Today I can successfully pointed the lrec configuration directory to the one I wanted but I see that it tries t...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Delivered

IMS Web Service Tools: Add "BLOCKS" option to CEE3DMP_OTPIONS in XML converter

Today if an xml converter writes a CEE dump to ICON job log there are no information about static and automatic PLI variables included in the deump. Today the generated variable CEE3DMP_OPTIONS in a XML converter looks as follows: dcl CEE3DMP_OPTI...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 5 Delivered

Require full APAR support for the Developer Trial versions of CICS TS

The CICS TS V5.1 developer trial does not support the application of APARS. We would like full APAR support to help with the testing of new applications
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 5 Delivered

Ability to extend the evaluation period of the Developer Trial version of CICS TS without reinstalling

The current CICS TS Dev Trial (V5.1) has an expiry date, which will provide at least 90 days of usage. After the trial has expired, it is possible to download and install an updated version of the trial to receive another 90 days. However, this is...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 5 Delivered

"cross domain" datas reports for statistics (CICS and CTG)

We are using CICSPA to analyze CICS and CTG statistics by using batch reports.These reports are formatted. We would like to generate "flexible reports' as we can do with SMF110(1) records
over 10 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

allow ZPOOL INIT RECOUP/PDU/PSDIR entries to use multiple ECBS

allow ZPOOL INIT RECOUP/PDU/PSDIR entries to use multiple ECBS
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Delivered

Add support to Batch Scanner to differentiate between START with INTERVAL/TIME spefied and immediate STARTs

As per the PMR listed, IBM have asked me to open an RFE for this functionality.
over 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Other 5 Delivered