MONITOR


The MONITOR (MON) service monitors address space activity to determine whether an address space is in a wait or a looping state.

Related topic

The service provides the basis for a deadline management system by providing CPU time and EXCP counts for the life of a step. For a job whose characteristics are known, you can gauge the progress of a step at any point during its execution.

Syntax

GUID-32E3A282-82EE-4A71-8ADE-BA932DC18C01-low.pngThe parameters are defined as follows:

Parameter

Description

asi

address space instance; see Identifying-address-spaces for more information

seconds

number of seconds that the address space is to be monitored; the default is 10 seconds, and the maximum is 1,200 seconds


Example

To monitor address space XTSTQPAS for 10 seconds, type

MONITOR,XTSTQPAS

AMTJ22I Statistics being gathered for XTSTQPAS
           [1]      [2]      [3]                  [4]
AMTJ21I STC07754 XTSTQPAS XTSTQPAS, Service Class=STCNRM
                                [5]          [6]            [7]          [8]
AMTJ23I Life of step    CPU    305.91 Excp   529156 Pages   8410 SUs       6M
AMTJ24I Last 10 Secs    CPU      0.03 Excp        0 Pages      0 SUs     670

Legend:

  1. job ID
  2. job name
  3. step name
  4. service class
  5. CPU time for the life of the step and during the specified time
  6. count of EXCPs for the life of the step and during the specified time
  7. total number of page actions for the life of the step and during the specified time
  8. total service units for the life of the step and during the specified time

 

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