Using the Utility monitor


The XBM Utility monitor allows you to monitor your snapshot utility jobs as they run.

From this monitor, you can display statistics for the 

XBM

 utility program, 

BMC AMI Copy for Db2 

, and REORG PLUS. This section explains how to display and monitor these jobs.

Important

For more information about the XBM utility program, see Using-the-XBM-utility-program-for-a-VSAM-snapshot-copy.

In addition, the XBM Utility monitor also provides a convenient method for managing snapshot utility jobs when used with BMC high-performance utilities. This section describes how to use the Utility monitor to perform the following tasks:

  • Send commands to utilities that accept them.
  • Display the last command that you sent to a utility.

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