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z/TPF Product Family

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Automatic refresh of DBDEF Index

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00156Contact Originator Id: sk.ahn@eds.comAbstract: Central DBDEF Index needs to be refreshed automatically after any DBDEF is activated/deactivated.Description: Most of TPFDF customers are initializing the Central DBDEF Index ...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

TPFDF should provide a more efficient SORT command

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00021Contact Originator Id: Waseem MajeedAbstract: TPFDF should provide a more efficient way to SORT sub-files.Description: The current SORT command internally uses a DBADD to SORT files. In an effort to make the process more e...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

PDU Enhancements

TPFUG_Req_Number: D08006FORIGIN DATE: June 25th, 2008REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT : PDU Enhancements. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION : • PDU Create Exclude process should be able support the NOSWITCH logic. This would enable the user to execute ZRPDU creations n...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Release File Block(CA) Enhancements

TPFUG_Req_Number: D07002SContact Originator Id: charlie.crowe@eds.comAbstract: Release File processing enhancements to include diagnostic aids for Task force enhancements.Description: Updates to Release file items contained in the CY6TR record.o A...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

HELP option on ZOODB and ZBROW

TPFUG_Req_Number: D04001ORIGIN DATE: 05 March 2004REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT Online HELP should be available for ZBROW and ZOODB functional entries. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION ZOODB and in particular ZBROW have many parameters and the input requirements ar...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Recoup short term pool loop detection

We are not using the TLC= parameter and have encountered performance mpacts in three of our zTPF systems, during recoup chain chase, whenshort term pools are chained to each other.
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

Continuous Data Collection - Include session values for SWISC IMMEDIATE requests in the routed entries per sec.

Include session values for SWISC IMMEDIATE requests in the routed entries per sec.
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 5 Not under consideration

Automatically issue ZUDFM DEF INIT when activating or deactivating a DBDEF

When changes are made to a DBDEF, a ZUDFM DEF INIT must be done to rebuild the DBDEF index table. When a procedural mistake is made and the ZUDFM DEF INIT is not issued, a variety of error conditions can occur. This could be prevented if a ZUDFM D...
almost 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

z/TPF Rest Service Monitoring Dashboard

Problem Statement: How do I know what services are in use on my system and how much system resources they are using?Idea: Dashboard shows a list of services available on the system. For each service it shows: calls per second, success/failures rat...
almost 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

An operator can slowly and selectively increase the amount of traffic that uses new code to ensure the code is stable.

Currently, when code is loaded to a production system, 100% of the traffic on the box can use that code. If the loadset is unstable, dumps may occur, system stability may be impacted, service level agreements may be violated, and ultimately end us...
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

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