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z/TPF Product Family

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Provide a new user exit to fully support overriding IBM dump content

User exit DOT allows users to add or remove SMDT items from dumps but:1) it cannot be used to change the content of IBM dumps that are SYSDUMP=NO (e.g. opr-4)2) overrides to content set in DOT are not always displayed by ZIDOT DISPLAY STORAGE. Thi...
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

ECB Trace view in the TPF Toolkit Debugger usability

The ECB Trace view in the TPF Toolkit Debugger redraws on every step and sets the focus to the top line. However, the most recently added line and the line that is most likely of interest is the bottom line. As such the user must scroll to the bot...
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Delivered

API to set format-2 global keypointing indicator after tpf_glOpen with TPF_GLRDFST option

The current method of updating format-2 globals uses a CORHC to serialize updates, this is issued by the tpf_glOpen call when option TPF_GLRDWR is used and released by the tpf_glClose call.This CORHC window represents a sizable bottleneck requirin...
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Tivoli Monitoring to run in CRAS

Currently, Tivoli Monitoring (Continuous Data Collection) can only run in NORM state. We are requesting that it can also run in CRAS state.
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Delivered

ZUDFM INIT and ZFCRU are needed in dormant SSUs.

We currently have RFE 50923 opened (from our SHARES ID - 2739914) that requested ZIFIL and ZCFIL in a dormant SSU. This is similar, but is a request for ZUDFM INIT and ZFCRU PACK in a dormant SSU as well.
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Delivered

Add &SCOMPLEX to syset to support conditional assembly based on complex

Customers may support multiple TPF complexes that each use the same CPU ids. Different complexes may have different requirements for e.g. DBDEFs. We need a way to support conditional assembly based on the complex name. The CONFIG sip macro takes a...
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Delivered

Eliminate tape drive mounted requirement for zTPF to IPL

Eliminate tape mounted requirement for IPL to norm state
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

recycle of the HTTP client daemon

Customer is requesting automatic recycle of the HTTP client daemon as the result of a system activation number change.
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Delivered

make macro ALPHA baseless

To assist in baseless programming the customer is asking that macro ALPHA be made baseless.
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

append error/warning message from multiple maktpf/bldtpf to remote error list

when doing multiple maktpf/bldtpf actions on the same source code for different config files append the errors/warning for each maktpf/bldtpf in the remote error list. also, desire an additional column in the remote error list to add free form tex...
almost 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Delivered

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