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z/TPF Product Family

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Provide a timeout option on FIWHC

Provide a new optional keyword on FIWHC to specify a timeout value. This timeout value, if specified, will be used as the maximun wait time on hold queues. If the FIWHC is timed out it will return to the application for handling the condition. Thi...
almost 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Allow for microsecond precision on IP trace

We would like the ability to specify the time down to microseconds, when requesting IP trace output.
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / Other 3 Not under consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Maintain a waiter count for CORHC/ENQC type events in the event table

The count of waiting ECBs for any given type of event in the event table has to be determined by counting the number of chained SWBs. A count of waiting ECBs should be added to the event table item. This would allow a) fast support for an ENQC enh...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Alert on event table waiters (CORHC/ENQC) exceeding a user defined value

We need to be able to alert on event table waiters exceeding a user defined value, much like we can currently alert on RHT waiters. The alert would not take any action, it would be a warning mechanism of contention build up. User exits in the supp...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

Data Binding for XML and JSON

The standard industry approach to handling JSON and XML payloads is to use a data binding solution (has objects that serialize and deserialize XML or JSON streams directly). Data Bindling objects are compiled from message specifications e.g. XSD f...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

FINIS macro should allow user to configure patch area size

The FINIS macro is included in every online TPF assembler program and has a fixed 1024 byte constant intended as a program patch area.We never had occasion to use this patch area as an OLDR load is a far safer and convenient method of resolving a ...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

CRUISE Restore BFA tape roll-in should allow read from multiple drives concurrently

The CRUISE Restore tape roll-in should allow tape reads from multiple drives concurrently. CRUISE should have the option to use more than one tape drive concurrently for the BFA tape roll-in phase. The tape drives can be kept stacked with tapes so...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

Format-2 Globals data collection enhancement

currently ztpf data collection reports statistics for syncc format-2 globals. requesting this reporting be extended to non-syncc format-2 globals. Please consider making this data available through continuous data collection as well.
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

Memory view add monitor action

In the memory view, you can right click and choose go to address.  That action opens the address in the current memory monitor.  However, sometimes it is desirable to open the addresss in a new monitor such that the two addresses can be viewed sim...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Allow users to create macro groups

Allow the user to create their own macro groups in the macro group breakpoint dialog.
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

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