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Product views and commands

The MainView for UNIX System Services product provides a comprehensive set of views and commands that you can use to manage the IBM z/OS UNIX environment.

You can use the product to manage:

  • IBM MVS address spaces that have been dubbed as z/OS UNIX address spaces
  • Processes/threads that are running in the z/OS UNIX address spaces
  • Files that are open for a process
  • Information for mounted file systems
  • Detailed file information, including size, owner, and file permissions
  • HFS global buffer information and file-system statistics
  • Address space information, including usage and delays
  • Users who are logged on or defined to UNIX System Services
  • System parameters in BPXPRMxx
  • Real-time IPC activity

In addition, you can:

  • Specify required processes so that you can determine when required processes are missing

    MainView alarms can be set if any required processes are missing.

  • Specify that certain HFS or zFS files be mounted so that you can determine when required files are not mounted

    MainView alarms can be triggered if important files are not mounted.

  • View system BPXPRMxx parameters and dynamically modify them
  • View and change the HFS global buffer limits, specifically the virtual storage maximums and fixed storage minimums
  • View and dynamically change external HFS file-size allocation
  • Perform many zFS administrative tasks
  • Use a comprehensive set of file system and z/FS aggregate management functions
  • Issue shell commands

You can also use the MainView Explorer interface to access all views and issue almost all of the same commands as from the ISPF interface.

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MainView for UNIX System Services 6.2