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z/TPF Product Family

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Apps Interface to Record Hold Table

Requirement - an Applications macro that will interface with the record hold table (IDSRHT) and produce a list of all the records (file addresses) that the ECB is holding. using such a mechanism, the applications programmer can then write a routin...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Need awareness in Abstracts to macro/header updates that affect current displacements

I originally reported this in PMR 14604,004,000, and was asked to move it to an RFE instead. Description: If IBM changes a macro or header in such a way that it moves displacements of existing fields, and/or removes existing fields, that informati...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

Continuos Data Collection CDC - collect new data related to TCP application defined in the NSD

Collect data with CDC to help to refine the quality of services parameters for applications defined in the Network Service Database
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

NOTIMESLICE PAT attribute can cause CTL-588

Hi. A NOTIMESLICE PAT attribute causing a CTL-588. In this case the code issuing the PAUSC is in global clocks, which is something that has been in place for quite some time. This code is issuing a PAUSC every minute to synchornize the clocks. The...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Continuous Data Collection Enhancements

For the Continuous Data Collection Tivoli tool, we would like the following metrics added to the CDC SYSTEM tab:Mils/MsgPathlengthService Time
almost 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Future consideration

LGF layout map report

Create an LGF layout map as part of the MVS LGF creation program ALDR. The Layout map would specify CCCCHHHHRR file addresses for keypoint records and other important records that are written to the Loader general file.
almost 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

UII1 should detect an online load of UIIB/UIIC and update the @UIITBL

IBM's UII logic is that: UII1 keeps the core addresses of the UIIB and UIIC (action code tables) in the global field @UIITBL and @UIITBL+4. It is done when the first input entry is processed. All subsequent entries access UIIB/UIIC using the @UIIT...
almost 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Is a defect

TPF XML B2B Parser support of UTF-8

TPF XML B2B Parser support of UTF-8, currently the Parser only supports EBCDIC.
almost 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

z/TPF TCP/IP Keepalives flooding the network

Today on a system we have 125,000 socket blocks defined, and we are reaching a peak of 90,000 active sockets through the day. We run with Keepalive active so we can ensure they are still valid, and currently have the TCPALIVE interval set to 360 s...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

Support FAST receiver channels (avoid MQ bridge)

The current z/TPF receiver channel support for FAST channels forces all non-persistent messages into the MQ ROUTC Bridge code. We are requesting a change to make the FAST channel option on z/TPF the same as on other platforms in that it will place...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

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