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GCOS 8 Session
TechSem 2001 Paris, March 28-30
TP8 8IT4.3 A new TP8 release Steve Stewart,
Consulting Engineer Software
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TP8 8IT4.3

• New Features
• Operations
• Administration
• Performance
• Misc
• Shipped on Release SR5.1

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Operations

• TP8 Process Groups
• - Process conformance enhancement
• - Reduces net requirement for TPR pool
  virtual/real memory
• - Allows multiple TP8 workstations to be merged
  more effectively
• - Tailoring of processes to support subsets of
  the total application

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Operations

• Transparent Distributed SYSOUT and Store and
  Forward
• - Enhance report generation of TP8 transactions
• New Destination LID types
• -Store_and_Forward YES
• -DISTRIBUTED_SYSOUT YES
• SYSOUT Destination

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Operations

• TP8 Pool Mix control
• Based on TPR Type - CBL74 vs. CBL85
• - Now will not Remove CBL85 TPR to Meet
  Wire-Count Denial of Real Memory for CBL74 TPR
  attachment
• Reduce CBL85 TPR Attachments and Instantiations
  in a Mixed Environment
• Improve Performance

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Operations

• Time Stamp Verification Applied
• - Enhance the COPY_TPRS option
• Spawn Job at Workstation Termination
• - Allows automatic submission of jobs when a
  workstation is terminated

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Administration

• TPR Enhancements
• - Allows more flexible administration
• - New -RD (resets dump counter)
• - New -SF (directs SYSOUT to temp file)
• - New -WC (inserts wild-card characters)
• - New -MD (modifies value of -MAXIMUM_DUMPS)
• User Procedure for Next TPR
• - Allow user procedure to deny request (increased
  security)

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Administration

• WCL for items previously configured via CX39
  alters
• - Fully standardize features which formally
  required CX39 alters

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Performance

• Pre-Initialization of TP8 Workstation Structures
• - Improved TP8 workstation start-up
• Increased values for maximum attachments and
  Instantiations
• - To take advantage of SR5.1 16-gigabyte feature

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Miscellaneous

• Automatic LOGON Command Invocation with TQ8
• - Aid in migration from DNET/ROUT to CXI
• Interval Control Manager Interface with Priority
  Queue Manager
• Accounting Performance
• - Improve accounting performance (Optional
  inhibits channel time statistics)
• TP8 Generalized Statistics Interface
• - Allows SIF8 to provide statistics to GCOS8 ISM
  agent

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Miscellaneous

• TP8/TPFF Glink Remote Forms Facility
• - Provides remote forms support for PC endpoints
  that use Glink terminal emulation of VIP7800
  devices.
• SUSPEND Workstation
• LID Disable and Enable

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Miscellaneous

• Verbose Library List
• - Option for displaying more detailed information
  about the TPRs
• WMON Interface to TERM Workstation
• - Alternative to WKS TERM
• End of Transaction Notification
• - Allows distinction between conversation and End
  of Transaction for correspondent

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Miscellaneous

• TP8 Valet Files
• - Assist in TPR dump analysis
• GTQS Productization
• PST Expansion (256 processes up from 20)

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Migration Issues

• Need to Convert ALL the TP8 workstations at the
  same time
• - Can run with 8IT4.2U1 on SR5.1
• - Can NOT have a Mixture of 8IT4.2 and 8IT4.3
• May need More House Keeping Pages (-HKP)
  in WCL

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Migration Issues

• Need to Configure the Max Values for Several WCL
  Items
• - The TP1H Job will abort if Incorrect
• Examples
• -MAX_ACCOUNTING_FILTERS -MAX_STEPS
• -MAX_FILE_GROUPS
  -MAX_SUB_SCHEMAS
• -MAX_SCHEMAS
  -MAX_SOURCE_LIDS
• - Check SYSOUT report Code 00 for more detail

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Migration Issues

• TPR Profiles
• No Longer Have a default profile for the command
  file (old File Code CF new File Code F.)
• - If the Prior WCL had profiles should be OK
• -If the Prior WCL did NOT have Profiles and ...
• - If the TPRs uses UFAS Conventional Files
• - Or Other Conventional Files Access
• - Profiles will be Required (Watch the
  Max_DB_Profiles Value)

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Migration Issues

• User Procedures
• Review Current User Procedures
• Note that CX39 is NO Longer Used
• Use A New User Procedures Instead

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Migration Issues

• Migration Related Tasks
• - Review and Re-Write User Procedures
• - Review and Replace CX39 Alters
• - Review and Update WCL For Current Release
• - Find the MAX Values Needed
• - Make release Specific Changes
• - Setup of the New TP1H JCL etc.
• - Review and Update TP8 Configuration Parameters

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Migration Issues

• 16GB (SR5.1 Feature) Issues
• Backing Store issues with very large workspaces
• - May need to reduce the backing store disk space
  requested via percent backing store parameter in
  WCL
• - May need to increase the shared PAT size to
  contain all the backing store spaces as well as
  TPR libraries
• - May use all (or a very large part) of the TEMP
  disk space in the system