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Accessing documentation for Session Monitor

The Session Monitor documentation is available at BMC documentation portal. Release Notes are provided in HTML format and spaces in Portable Document Format (PDF) and HTML:

  • Release Notes—Provides recent information for the Session Monitor product. In this file, you can quickly access technical notes and a list of the new features available in the release. The Release Notes may be updated throughout the life cycle of a release with the most current version located on the BMC documentation portal for easy access to the latest product information.

  • Installing and Upgrading—Provides installation and configuration procedures.
  • Customizing-after-installation—Supplements the Installing and Upgrading section, providing further customization instructions and reference information.
  • Using—Explains how to use the Session Monitor Archive Function.
  • Messages—Explains the messages and codes that Session Monitor produces.

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With a few minor exceptions, PDF files comply with the requirements of section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Refer to the Accessibility preface in any of the user guides for information.

HTML Files

For your convenience, BMC also provides the Session Monitor documentation in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) format.

View HTML files with any standard Web browser. Simply click the HTML link on the selected documentation page.

Access these formats on BMC documentation portal.

  1. Log-in.
  2. Select the desired product.
  3. Click the Documentation link.
  4. Select the desired release.
    The portal presents a documentation list containing links to each of the product’s documentation in all of the available formats.

Using this space

This section describes the contents of this space and notation conventions used throughout the space.

Session Monitor Using section overview

This space teaches you how to use Session Monitor for auditing mainframe business applications. It contains the following sections:

  • Archive-Function-Overview—provides an introduction to the archive function.
  • Archive Function—3270—creates archive recording requests allowing you to create search reports, write captured activity to a specified range of data sets called a repository, provide IT auditors and help desk personnel with the ability to easily locate and extract data from the repository, provide the ability to manage your archive reports and delete unnecessary reports, and define the terminals, applications, and user IDs to record or exclude from recording.
  • Archive Function—TCP/IP—creates archive recording requests allowing you to create search reports and write captured TCP/IP activity to a specified range of data sets called a repository.
  • Archive Function—WebSphere MQ—creates archive recording requests allowing you to create search reports and write captured WebSphere MQ activity to a specified range of data sets called a repository.
  • Auditing-Profile-Defaults—provides information on how to edit your auditing profile settings.
  • Customer-Support-diagnostics-report—produces a list of PTFs that have been applied to your installation.

Notation conventions

This space uses the following notations to describe Session Monitor screens and the information you enter on those screens:

  • Technical revisions made to this document are indicated by revision bars in the left margin, as shown here.

  • Sample screens generally show only the information appropriate to the accompanying text, for example:

    ZOOM:PF23 ---------------------- Session Monitor -------------------
     LINE 1 OF 24
     COMMAND ===> record                                           SCROLL ===> HALF
     Record OFF  Play OFF  Journal OFF  Compare Log OFF  autoDoc OFF
     ***USR2312   WELCOME TO CICS/MVS  *** 10:11:42

  • Blank lines or standard footings, as shown below, are usually omitted from screen illustrations.





    Press ENTER to begin recording, Use END to cancel setup.
  • The information you enter is printed in boldface.
  • Words defined within paragraphs are italicized.
  • The phrase “select an option” refers to typing a slash next to one of the presented options and pressing Enter.

 

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