z/TPF Program Management - IBM
z/TPF Program Management - IBM
z/TPF Program Management - IBM
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system. <strong>Program</strong>s and files that have been compiled and linked on Linux do not<br />
need to be moved to a z/OS ® system before the z/<strong>TPF</strong> offline loader is created.<br />
The virtual reader (VRDR) and general data set (GDS) files, which are currently<br />
supported on MVS, are not supported by the z/<strong>TPF</strong> offline loader on Linux.<br />
<strong>Program</strong>ming considerations<br />
The following lists the programming considerations for using the z/<strong>TPF</strong> offline loader<br />
on Linux:<br />
v The maximum file sizes for a z/<strong>TPF</strong> loader file that is created in the Linux HFS<br />
are:<br />
– 2 gigabytes (GB) for the ext2 file system<br />
– A range of 2 GB - 32 GB for the ext3 file system depending on the block size<br />
that was specified when the file system was initialized<br />
– 2 exabytes (EB) for the file systems used less frequently (such as XFS and<br />
ReiserFS)<br />
– 2 GB for the HFS file system that is implemented on the z/<strong>TPF</strong> system.<br />
v The size of an offline loader tape data set is limited to the capacity of a single<br />
tape volume.<br />
v The Linux offldr command creates tapes with MVS standard label (SL) headers<br />
and trailers to provide the z/<strong>TPF</strong> system with SL tapes, which are not supported<br />
by Linux.<br />
See the “Linux offldr command” on page 119 and the Linux man page for more<br />
information about using the z/<strong>TPF</strong> offline loader on Linux. See “Linux labeltape<br />
command” on page 121 and the Linux man page for more information about using<br />
the z/<strong>TPF</strong> labeltape command on Linux.<br />
Alternate FCTB loader overview<br />
An alternate FACE table (FCTB) loader loads an FCTB to a z/<strong>TPF</strong> system without<br />
requiring an initial program load (IPL).<br />
The following ZFCTB commands support alternate FCTB processing:<br />
v ZFCTB LOAD<br />
Loads an alternate FCTB to the online system<br />
v ZFCTB ACTIVATE<br />
Activates an alternate FCTB<br />
v ZFCTB ACCEPT<br />
Accepts an activated alternate FCTB<br />
v ZFCTB DEACTIVATE<br />
Deactivates an activated alternate FCTB<br />
v ZFCTB DELETE<br />
Deletes a loaded or deactivated alternate FCTB.<br />
See z/<strong>TPF</strong> Operations for more information about the ZFCTB commands. See<br />
“Load an alternate FCTB” on page 83 for more information about the alternate<br />
FCTB loader.<br />
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