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zTPFGIEnhancements

Enhancements Based on Customer Feedback

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Agenda

• TPF Software – Overview Binary Editor Remote Scripts zTREX Add-Ins & Project Integration with Source

Control Manager (American Express)

• American Express Customer Experiences

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2010/11 Focus

• Focused over the past year on customer requests

• Worked closely with customers Via weekly status meetings Understanding customer needs & priorities

• Worked with JAL Marriott SABRE American Express Wells Fargo

• Listening to customers: Benefits other customers who can also make use of new

features Improves the product

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Binary Editor

• Requested by American Express

• Uses the same Editor area as the Text Editor

• View & edit binary files in Hex

Characters

Both Hex & Characters

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Binary Editor

• Includes standard editor features, such as: Cut/Copy/Paste

Undo/Redo

Synchronization between Hex and Characters

Find/Replace

• Flexible ruler options

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Remote Scripts: Utilities and User Exits

• Remote Scripts Scripts that are invoked on a Remote

System

Can be invoked directly from zTPFGI from Host File View or Projects View

Invoked by User Exits in Compile/Build/Load process and also from Debugger

Can be executed on Linux or VM

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• Remote Script Utilities Furnished Utilities with zTPFGI Functions include:

– Display a Dialog Screen to ask Questions from User

– Ask for Password of another system

– Request a File to be open

– Send a Message to zTPFGI Output Tab

– Send a Pop-Up Message to zTPFGI

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Right click on Host File View– Rules indicate what Systems,

Directories, and Files allow Script

– Installations Script is invoked via "pass through" of zTPFGI Interface to Remote System

ZGI Command Terminal– Terminal available when connected to

a system

– All above Functions available

– Messages to/from Connected System from Remote Script

• Invoking a Script directly from zTPFGI

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• User Exits Linux File System

– Initial Connection – (Useful to mount disks from

another system)

Compile/Build/Load– Start Process– Setting Environment Variables– Starting and End of maketpf/loadtpf– End of Process

System Errors during Debugging

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How much resource usage lies below the surface of this z/TPF application?• CPU cycles• Pool gets and releases• Files and Finds• Tape resources• Etc?

What is zTREX?

• z/TPF applications that use too many resources degrade system performance, but it’s difficult to locate the problem

• zTREX – Transaction Recording & Examination for z/TPF Record, Compare &

Analyze transaction resource usage data

Pinpoint the source of the problem within a transaction

Compare similar transactions after changes to programs to identify changes in resource usage

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Expected Resource Usage

Which transaction, ECB or program is using too many resources?

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Collect Data in zTPFGI

• Control activation of zTREX data collection in zTPFGI Summary data only Program data only Summary & Program data Whether or not to include

Instruction Counts

• After activating zTREX, run a transaction

• Results can be viewed in zTREX

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What is Collected?

Program Entry Counts Last Program Entered Last Object Entered CPU Usage Time Total Macro Counts Instruction Counts Function Call Counts DF Call Counts Tape Read/Write Counts 4K/1M Frame Counts Pool Get/Release Counts Detailed Pool Counts Find Counts File Counts

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Analyze & Compare Transactions

• Select multiple transactions

• Identify differences between them

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Analyze & Compare

• Select multiple ECBs within a transaction from different transactions


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Analyze & Compare

• Select multiple programs within an ECB

from different ECBs

from ECBs in different transactions


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Web Page Add-Ins

• Allows web pages to be displayed directly in the zTPFGI Editor area

• Add-Ins API can be used to embed web-based tools directly into zTPFGI, e.g. Help files

Intranets

Existing Source Code Management Systems

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Project Integration with SCM

• Via Add-Ins Capability

• Scripting running in the web-based SCM can Communicate with the

zTPFGI Projects window – Open & list projects

– Create new projects

Open files

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American ExpressCustomer Experiences

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zTPFGI at American Express

• Tools Rep team Analyzes new internal/external tools

Uses a 32-point benchmark for editor/debugger tools

Provides focal point for problem resolution

Meets weekly to report issues to TPF Software

• TPF Software timely and responsive in addressing points of concern

• Currently have a limited number of zTPFGI licenses

• Add-ins SCM – American Express developed Source Control Manager.

Project-Level Build

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Source Control Manager integrated with zTPFGI

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Create a SCM package

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Query an SCM package

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SCM Package Tools

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SCM Package Help

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Check out Component and Create z-TPFGI Project

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Edit Files in Project View

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Source View Debugger

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Check Component back into SCM

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Build and Prepare to Load SCM Package

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Check Contention with other SCM packages

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Contention with other SCM Packages

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Audit/Freeze SCM Package

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Questions

For more information, contact:

Thiru Thirupuvanam

TPF Software, Inc.

[email protected]

919-676-5501

http://tpfsoftware.com

http://youtube.com/tpfsoftware

American Express:

Les Prinsloo

[email protected]

Shawn Spence

[email protected]

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