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z/TPF Product Family

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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 2 years 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 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Implement zTPFDF connector for Java/Kafka Producer enhancement

We would like to take advantage of the Java/Kafka support on zTPF. The current implementation, MQ local queues are used as the guaranteed delivery mechanism. With our experience with MQ local queues, valuable system resources are required to suppo...
almost 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Include IP address and SSL Alert in INET0142E SSL HANDSHAKE error message

It would facilitate troubleshooting and problem remediation if the handshake error message would include the client IP address and the SSL Alert value. (Note that I would not expect any change to the INET0144E message.) 00.00.06 - INET0142E 00.00....
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Need alleviation from the cost of dynamic linkage with active loadsets

When a program calls another program and the target program is in an active loadset, CCENBK routine CCEHOLDX is executed to chase the PAT chain and locate the correct version of the target program. This is the basic mechanism that allows dynamic l...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Add the ability to parse AbstractCommandHandler remote command output for compile errors to populate the Problems view in TPF Toolkit 4.6

The programmers rely on the Problems view to enable them to go right to where any errors occur because you can click on an item in the view and it will open the appropriate file and make that line the current line. IBM provided a sample of plugins...
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Delivered

Leverage open source components from IBM image repository for RTMC

Please add the ability for the z/TPF Insights Dashboard Starter Kit to support Linux on Z configuration leveraging open source components from IBM image repository.
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / Other 1 Delivered

Eliminate resource constraints for z/TPF WebSphere MQ

With the increased usage of z/TPF MQ the core storage used to hold messages in z/TPF should use storage above the 2G bar. Currently the storage used is SWBs which is below the 2G bar. In addition to moving the core storage above the bar, z/TPF MQ ...
about 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Support a shared SSL API to return values in extended SSL certificate area (i.e. V3)

The IRS has mandated that IRS host systems validate specific values in the SSL certificate to ensure the person and/or connecting device has authorization. The values we need are in the extended portion of the SSL certificate. Other servers (Linux...
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Add etos.exe port information to the TOS Gui

The TOS gui includes fields for ETOS.exe's IP address and host port, but not ETOS.exe's port. Adding this field would display all of the connection information for each gui session.
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 1 Delivered

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