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z/TPF Product Family

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streamline go to address actions

In the TPF views, choosing go to address prompts the user for a choice (offset, ability to modify the address and etc).  The user must hit ok.  The window is often at the bottom of the current view and obscure.  99% of the time, the...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Delivered

Can edit source lookup leverage TPF projects better

The maketpf cfg gives us the edit source lookup paths.  Can we tap into the maketpf envs to help find files?  One of the primary goals is to make the edit source lookup easier.  Are there other aspects or features we can tie togethe...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Delivered

Reorder Time in IBM Tivoli Monitoring

Customer is asking that both the pool reorder time and set size be added into the IBM Tivoli Monitor. Reorder Time and set size is included in the pools data collected by the CDC Collector on TPF but it is not being sent to the Tivoli displays. As...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Delivered

ZIFIL and ZCFIL are needed in dormant SSUs

ZIFIL and ZCFIL are needed in dormant SSUs.
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Delivered

V14143 TVP Simplify the trace logging process

TPFUG_Req_Number: V14143ORIGIN DATE: 2/11/2014REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT Make it simpler to start trace logging REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION Same as abstract. SOLUTION CONSIDERATIONS Modify the TPF Debugger in z/TPF as required and in the TPF Toolkit as requ...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Delivered

S14003 SABRE Implement TPF/DF work on zIIP processors

TPFUG_Req_Number: S14003ORIGIN DATE: 2/21/2014REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT (required) zTPF zIIP Exploitation for TPF/DF, XML parsing REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION zTPF modifications should be made to enable customers use of zIIP engines for specifically markete...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Delivered

The load balancing of activity between I-streams and ECBs during CRUISE RESTORE tape roll-in needs to be improved

The load balancing of activity between I-streams during the tape roll-in phase of a restore is not very effective. If the default DEFRC option is setup, most of the processor MIPS are used up by the driver ECB doing “DEFRC”. A ZSTAT U display will...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Delivered

CRUISE should allow FVN (File Version Number) to be used with REF= parameter when specifying a file ID range.

CRUISE should allow FVN (File Version Number) to be used with REF= parameter when specifying a file ID range. This will make it easier to create DBDEF's specifically for large captures. Special DBDEF's with user-exits can be set up for the system ...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Delivered

Enhance CRUISE log file displays to provide more information and improve usability

1. FUNCTION name in system log: The system log does not identify the function that was executed. It would be helpful if the function was included in the log. Looking at the log it is not possible to tell what function was run. . SSU CPU DATE TIME ...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 3 Delivered

Enhance CRUISE (FCRU) displays and messages to provide more information and improve usability

Status displays and Completion Messages 1 Change time-stamp display: The time stamp of the CRUISE status and completion messages does not fit the format of the time-stamp of TPF messages. This makes the display somewhat difficult to read. If the o...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Delivered

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