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z/TPF Product Family

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Request support for sending multiple responses in chunks

Currently, the maximum response size of the z/TPF HTTP server is limited by the ECB heap storage allowance. This is typically less than 10 MB. Sometimes we need to send large response messages whose sizes exceed 10 MB, but that's not possible unde...
over 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

z/TPF support for Link Time Optimization

GCC compiler support for Link Time Optimization was announced in October 2014. We would like to utilize that support to improve run-time performance of TPF applications writen in C/C++.
about 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Add new WTOPC User Exit to allow special WTOPC SVC monitoring

Require a WTOPC CP cedi.cpy User Exit to monitor WTOPC's issued at high rates. User exit must be called with the WTOPC Reconstructed Plist area completed.
about 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Access Traditional TPF Databases with MongoDB API

Enhancement to z/TPF MongoDB API to accept and process mongo functions against non-TPFDF databases by utilizing the tdbi collection descriptor.
over 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

Notify user when large files are corrupted by RSE

On occasion, RSE may corrupt or partially write out large files. Could RSE be enhanced such that, after a file transfer is complete, it performs a checksum on both sides, compares the result, and if corruption is detected, notify the user.
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Wizard to import RSE connection definitions, Debug profiles, projects, etc from an old workspace directory.

A lot of user set up is contained in a workspace, it is desirable to be able to import configurations from old workspaces.
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Please enhance the Data Level and DECB views

Please enhance the Data Level and DECB views to have a right click "copy block contents to clipboard" action.
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

MQ Trace needs some improvements for better Customer support

During an issue where we needed to provide IBM with MQ traces we had a difficult time getting these. Having to take the RTA and mount on a linux system doesn't work for us, so we had to copy the VTS RTA tape to a VTAPE volume and to use on Linux i...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Native IpV6 support on ZTPF

ORIGINATOR: Chevelle Strobel, Alex Renko chevelle.strobel@irs.gov, alexander.p.renko@irs.gov, REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT z/TPF needs to support an IP Version 6 stack in parallel with IPv4 since the computing industry is moving in that direction. REQUIRE...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

build a TPF specific code scanner for RTC Enterprise Extensions

The OOTO asm scanner that is provided with RTC Enterprise Extensions - Impact Analysis does not account for zTPF specific type of dependencies.
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration