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z/TPF Product Family

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Runtime metrics collection load action analysis

This idea builds upon idea https://ibm-z-software-portal.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/TPF-I-1005 Loadset history in Runtime Metrics Collection. When a loadset activation or deactivation command occurs, provide an analysis that compares the resources used p...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

z/TPF zMQ support for multiple MQ Connection Names to Multi-Instance (MI) MQ Servers

1. Z/TPF currently generally needs to interact with Multi-Instance (MI) distributed MQ Clusters through a Virtual IP Address (VIP) and Load Balancer or similar abstracting infrastructure. 2. This is because z/TPF does not support multiple MQ Conne...
almost 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Data reduction system-wide CPU and mils enhancements

Request the following NEW metrics in data reduction reports to allow for easier tracking of transactional workload once LP workload increases:1) System avg Smoothed Adjusted CPU. Avg calculated for in-use (not fenced) i/streams2) System avg "Trans...
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

TPFUG: Move APIs under "SOAP bridge related APIs" in c_soap.h to another header file as they are more general use APIs, and IBM is deprecating SOAP and don't want to lose the code

Programs that use primarily the "tpf_convertToAMSG()" and "tpf_convertFromOMSG()" APIs under the "SOAP bridge related APIs" in c_soap.h are more general use APIs. IBM is not going to support SOAP after this summer so we'd like these APIs to be mov...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Add sending to MQ Distribution lists support to ZTPF MQ Client

Z/TPF Applications want the ability to send one copy of an MQ message to multiple Queue Managers and Multiple Queues
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

z/TPFDF read processing should validate and fix backward chain fields as it reads forward

As TPFDF read processing reads forward through a given subfile from the prime block to the 1st overflow, the 2nd overflow, and so on, TPFDF should validate that the backward chain in the next block contains the file address of the previous block. ...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 0 Future consideration

Enhance ZCHCH to include a parameter for ONLY the count of chains (not the display of all chains) as well as MAX (or ALL) parameter in place of numeric for number of chains

Parameter for COUNT of chains would eliminate the need to ZPAGE through page after page of displays of addresses to get to the count. Then if chain addresses were needed, a redisplay without the COUNT parameter could be done. Parameter for MAX (or...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Create a functional entry that displays the CVE's, APARS and programs loaded into the z/TPF operating system

This would be extremely useful for our delivery of internal audit requests relating to CVE vulnerabilities on the z/TPF platform. As discussed in the past a functional entry should display the CVE's, APARs associated with the CVE and programs that...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Use XWBs for MPIF and IPC

In previous exchanges with IBM re: XWB usage, it was noted that MPIF and IPC were not changed via PJ45291 to use XWBs. That being the case, we will not be able to reduce frame usage even after the PJ45291 is applied, which somewhat defeats the pur...
almost 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

TPF DNS CACCHE TTL and CASTOUT

Currently the ZCACH and ZDTCP DNS entries are deficient in providing the ability to search for a hostname in IDNSHOSTNAME Cache and display it's associated TTL TOD value. Suggest that the "z" entries be enhanced to provide the TTL expiration ...
almost 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

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