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z/TPF Product Family

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ZSVTT entry will not validate spares for fixed records

We can only validate fixed records and pool records but NOT spare records. Sabre doesn't use the alternate FCTB loader so I'm concerned that we have to IPL the system (downtime if it's a single processor) to load a second FCTB just to validate the...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Enhance ENQC support and provide greater visibility/alerting into the number of ECBs waiting on events

1) There is no means currently for an application to know how many ECBs are waiting on a resource. This means that applications have only two processing options for ENQC 1) if they get the resource or 2) if they don't get the resource. Additional ...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Not under consideration

Clean up after search

After doing a search, when deleting results from the "Search" view, the last search result is always left behind
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Ability to copy and paste a path into the edit source lookup

Edit source lookup for remote folder is a "graphical interface" (i.e. a browse tree) at the moment... want a way to enter a remote folder as a path (i.e. need a text field)
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Display of all items in the CRPA area

Add a display of all items in the CRPA areas.
about 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Detect attempts to extend size of Application Stack storage beyond ESPS limit

Attempts to extend Application Stack storage beyond the ESPS limit are not currently detected or handled directly; the stack pointer is set to what should be the new address, but the storage is not mapped. Processing in this scenario inevitably tr...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

CRUISE should provide a command line entry to run a VERIFY function without naming a table

CRUISE should provide a command line entry to run a VERIFY function without having to set up a table for this purpose. Currently every CRUISE function requires a table be created first. The VERIFY could kick off as soon as the entry is made, or it...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

CRUISE logs should include the list of tape volumes created or used by a parameter table

CRUISE should include a list of capture tape volumes created by a Capture or restored by a parameter table. Currenlty, no log or record is kept of the tape volumes generated during the capture. The information has to be obtained from the console l...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

Debugger Callback Issue

Toolkit Debugger callback (TPF test system doing a call back to user desktop running Debugger) is causing conflicts with DXC corporate security policies. I would like to ask IBM to evaluate alternatives in order to avoid costly workarounds for users.
about 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Not under consideration

TOS client and server should support IPv6

The Government is under a mandate to convert all systems and products to IPv6 networking, as IPv6 offers more capability and security. Eventually the government will remove IPv4 traffic thereby eliminating dual-stack requirements.
about 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 1 Not under consideration