The Entire Operations Monitor is the basic operational component Entire Operations requires to maintain job networks.
For details, see Entire Operations Monitor in the Concepts and Facilities documentation.
This document covers the following topics:
To control the Entire Operations Monitor and display status
information
From the System Services Menu, select the Entire Operations Monitor option and press ENTER.
Or:
Use the direct command
STATUS
as described in the Direct Commands documentation.
An Entire Operations Monitor window similar to the example below opens:
18-05-15 ***** Entire Operations ***** 17:50:58
Owner EXAMPLE System Services Menu User ID SAG
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Sys +--------------------------------------------------------+
| |
1 Use | 18-05-15 Entire Operations Monitor 17:51:02 |
2 Ent | |
3 Def | Action ==> _ S Start |
4 Ent | C Shutdown |
5 Mon | OpSys Server ==> NOP-Serv1 |
6 Glo | Task Name ==> 55B01 |
7 Glo | |
8 Glo | Status ==> active |
9 Res | Last active at ==> 17:50:58 on 18-05-15 |
10 Mai | |
11 Spe | Wait Time ==> 10 Seconds |
12 RPC | |
13 Ent | ------PF1---PF3------------------PF9--------------- |
| Help End Tasks |
Command +--------------------------------------------------------+ ___
Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
Help End Menu |
The window contains information on the current status of the Monitor and input fields with which you can start and stop the Monitor. The fields are explained in Fields: Entire Operations Monitor.
If tasks have been defined for the Monitor (see Defining a Monitor Task Profile), you can display the current task status by pressing PF9 (Tasks).
A Monitor Tasks screen similar to the example below appears:
18-05-15 ***** Entire Operations ***** 17:54:27
Monitor Tasks
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Cmd Task Status Started Active Wt.Tm. Usage
_ 55B01 active 05-15 17:37 17:54:26 ___5 1.8 %
_ 55B02 active 05-15 17:37 17:54:23 ___5 1.9 %
_ 55B03 active 05-15 17:37 17:54:26 ___5 0.1 %
_ 55B04 active 05-15 17:37 17:54:26 ___5 0.3 %
_ 55B05 active 05-15 17:37 17:54:26 ___5 0.1 %
_ 55B07 active 05-15 17:37 17:54:22 ___5 0.1 %
_ 55B09 active 05-15 17:37 17:54:22 ___5 0.2 %
_ 55B10 active 05-15 17:37 17:54:25 ___5
_ 55B90 active 05-15 14:23 17:54:22 ___5
_ 55B91 active 05-15 14:23 17:54:24 ___5
_
_
_
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H Hold R Release
Command => ____________________________________________________________
Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
Help End Up Down Menu |
For explanations of the columns, see Columns: Monitor Tasks.
Choose PF3 (End) to close the window.
This section covers the following topics:
The fields in the Entire Operations Monitor window are explained in the following table:
| Field | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Action | Line command input
field.
For possible line commands, see Line Commands: Entire Operations Monitor. |
|
| OpSys Server | Entire System Server internal task name under which the Entire Operations Monitor is running. | |
| Task Name | Name of the Monitor
main task. The syntax (explained in
Direct
Command Syntax) is as follows:
{task-prefix}{task-number} Example:
If the task prefix is For further information, see also Monitor Task Prefix. |
|
| Status | Protected field showing the current status of the Entire Operations Monitor. | |
| Last active at | Date and time of the
last Monitor activity.
See also Date and Time Formats in the User's Guide. |
|
| Wait Time | Interval between Entire
Operations Monitor working cycles in seconds.
When you start the Monitor, the value is taken from the Global Monitor Wait Time defined in the Monitor Defaults. You can modify the Monitor task wait times of the current Monitor session individually on the Monitor Tasks screen (accessible with PF9). |
|
The following one-character line commands are available in the Entire Operations Monitor window:
| Line Command | Description |
|---|---|
S
|
Start the Monitor.
Delay before a Monitor restart: Any Monitor restart which will be performed earlier than Monitor termination time plus three (3) times the Monitor wait time is assumed to be a duplicate Monitor (task) start. Avoid restarting the Monitor within this time interval. |
C
|
Shut down the Monitor.
No data is lost. If you are working in z/OS, you can
also shut down the Monitor from the operator console by entering the command
|
The following special PF key is available in the Entire Operations Monitor window:
| PF Key | Name | Function |
|---|---|---|
| PF9 | Tasks | Displays the Monitor Tasks list. |
The columns on the Monitor Tasks screen are explained in the following section.
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Cmd | Line command input field.
Possible commands are described in Line Commands: Monitor Tasks. |
| Task | Name of the Monitor
(sub)task.
For further information, see also Task Name. |
| Status | Status of the
(sub)task.
If the Monitor is executed on UNIX or Windows, the status text may be followed by the process ID of the Monitor task. Example:
|
| Started | Time at which the task was started. |
| Active | Time of the last activity. |
| Wait Time | Active Monitor task
wait time.
This value is modifiable. It can be defined individually for each Monitor task. Values changed here are in effect for the current Monitor session only. The value Global Monitor Wait Time from the Monitor Defaults will be used if no value is specified here. For details, see Monitor Defaults. The default wait time modification (for all Monitor sessions) is described in Fields: Monitor Task Profile. |
| Usage | Percentage of task activity within real time, calculated from the task start or from the last task reconfiguration. |
The one-character line commands available on the Monitor Tasks screen are explained in the following section.
| Line Command | Description |
|---|---|
H
|
Hold a task. |
R
|
Release a task. |
For a description of how to customize Monitor tasks, see the section Defining a Monitor Task Profile.
If the Entire Operations Monitor is executing on a mainframe, it is possible to check the Monitor status by an operator command to the Monitor node (Entire System Server).
The command is STATUS MONITOR.
The output of this command is a status line for each Monitor task.