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z/TPF Product Family

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(TPFUG/Visa) ZRTMC collected data needs to include RHT and event table data

ZRTMC deliverables include NVPC data and CDC data. However, this data provides no insight into issues that may be due to processing contention. Primary sources of ECB contention are:1) the RHT 2) CORHC/ENCQC 3) hopefully less likely, but the addit...
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Determining the ports in NSD "OTHER"

If a port is not in the Services file and there is IP traffic coming in and out on it, the counts are thrown into the "OTHER" bucket. Without going through IP trace there is no easy way to determine what ports are being thrown into the "OTHER" buc...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Not under consideration

PDU Enhancements - Add pool type along with time and processor parameters

We see this previously requested and declined as 44798. We would like to re-request as a result of an incident in PSS on 10/14/2021. • PDU Create Exclude process should be able support the NOSWITCH logic. This would enable the user to execute ZRPD...
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Enhancements to weighted msg rate data reduction metrics

Requesting new metrics for rates per weighted messages that exclude work driven by LP ECBs. Specifically:1) VFA, tape, and 3390 rates per weighted message2) Enters per weighted message Note: high priority RFE id 152827 requests mils/weighted messa...
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

CRUISE statistics enhancement

Upon completion of the CRUISE utility, users can display statistics gathered on the DF structure that was processed. Currently, statistics show GT 4B when counters exceed the 4 billion mark. We would like to see count fields expanded to make CRUIS...
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 0 Planned for future release

Add support for CDC_TPFDF to RTMC

Real-time runtime metrics collection supports multiple CDC data types but currently does not support CDC_TPFDF. Requesting CDC_TPFDF be added to the CDC data types supported by RTMC, i.e. DBOPN, DBADD, DBRED, DBDEL + 3 additional user metrics, by ...
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Planned for future release

VFAFILL=NO support for more macros

The new parameter VFAFILL of the macro FINDC (apar PJ46019) is a very good thing for the RECOUP. We would like to use it on some of our processes but it only exists for the FINDC macro. Could you provide us with the VFAFILL parameter on the other ...
almost 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Planned for future release

z/TPF Online Image Compare

An online compare will compare the image that the system is actively running on to a staged image. It compares the actual object text and identifies the differences. Note: the online compare (by the fact that it is an online object compare), will ...
almost 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

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

ZDTCP PING processing to use the local routing table

Request is to update ZDTCP PING processing to use the local routing table when the LOCAL parameter is not supplied (replacing current process of using the default local IP address).
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

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