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z/TPF Product Family

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z/TPF Reduced Cost Testing

Marriott, DL, TVPT, 2. Headline: Reduced Cost Testing 3. Lead Contact: mark.whitney@travelport.com 4. Date 2018-04-26 5. Description: a. Multiple z/TPF Customers, Travelport, Marriott, and Delta desire Reduced Cost Testing such that t...
almost 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Requesting Toolkit 4.6 Search Capabilities (similar to 4.2)

This is a request for supporting SEARCH capabilities in Toolkit 4.6 in a similar fashion to RSE in Toolkit 4.2.
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Delivered

Please validate TPF Operations Server (TOS) on Windows 2022

We are trying to make some new servers for our TOS installation, and there is a push for us to use Windows 2012 in order to put off the inevitable next upgrade upgrade a little longer. Could it be ready before January 2023?
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 3 Delivered

Support to flag reads from low core

TPF provides protect key and low core protection against e-type code running in key 1 problem state writing to low core. However, there is no support to help identify when low core is being READ from erroneously, e.g. due to no base register havin...
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

(TPFUG) Support tpf_STCKE_to_timet and tpf_timet_to_STCKE

The tpf_STCK_to_timet and tpf_timet_to_STCK APIs convert an 8 byte TOD format used by STCK/STCKF to a time_t and vice versa. But the 8 byte TOD format will wrap in 2042. As part of the strategy to remediate existing date problems and avoid new one...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Allow Z/tpf High speed connector to Round Robin across all active sockets within a endpoint in a send without resp design.

When using TPF High speed connector in a send and forget manner to 1 primary endpoint with multiple defined activity sockets.The HSC will mostly only use the 1st socket, unless 2 ecbs do a send at the same time or if the 1st socket send buffer fil...
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Dynamic Override of Remote IPs and Ports for Test Environments

Support the online modification of some HSC descriptor fields via functional command Increase Max sockets Modify the destination, IP or port number via online command. ZCONN ALT G-HSCGRP1 E-HSCEPT1 maxsock-xx dest-xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(yyyy)
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Request to IBM to secure all Toolkit to TPF Connections

TPF Toolkit is using unsecured protocols to communicate with z/TPF. Specifically FTP. We are requesting that this protocol be changed to Secure FTP.
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 3 Delivered

Add Proxy Use to Enhanced HTTP Client

Access external web service from within a protected network and limiting security scope with proxy server instead of direct access. We are deploying applications to the cloud and need to access them from our z/TPF system through a proxy.
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

(TPFUG) Provide notification if zTPF is brought up in a cross-drawer i-stream config

If zTPF runs such that the hardware layout of its CPs is cross-drawer there can be significant performance penalties. Even though capacity plans and hardware upgrades can ensure no cross-drawer configurations are actually necessary, there is alway...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

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