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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...
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 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.
over 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 ...
over 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.
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Enhance Data Collection Metrics on Preallocated ECB heap and application stack

Expanding preallocated heap and appplication stack storage can consume signficiant memory since the increase applies to all allocated ECBs. We need more metrics to understand the distribution of prealloacted heap/application stack usage by ECBs th...
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / Other 1 Planned for future release

(TPFUG/Visa) Support NONVPNAME option on ZDECB

PJ46160 provided support on ZDECB to display ECBs with a given NVPNAME. Request ZDECB support for NONVPNAME which would display ECBs which do not have the given NVPNAME setup.
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Add TPFDF function details to macro trace in a post processed dump

TPFDF calls appear in dump macro trace as an ENTRC to a UA** assembler program, the reader must then consult the TPFDF programs for details of the actual function.Could this information be included in the macro trace on the same line as the ENTRC?...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 5 Future consideration

Remove keyword ICLH from dumps

Remove keyword ICLD (CLH block management tables) from the dumps to reduce the size.
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 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...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 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...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration