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Using the Monitor line command


The M (Monitor) line command is the quickest way to monitor a job or device that is excessively busy. You can invoke the M line command from MainView views of jobs or devices.

  1. On the COMMAND line, type JUDEV to display the JUDEV view.When JUDEV is displayed, look for a job that is using a lot of I/O resources.
  2. In the Command field next to the job that you have selected, type M, as shown in the following figure..

    DDMMMYYYY  HH:MM:SS -------- MAINVIEW WINDOW INTERFACE (Vv.r.mm) ---------------
    COMMAND  ===>                                                 SCROLL ===> PAGE
    CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>                                            
    >W1 =JUDEV=============SYSE=====*========DDMMMYYYY==HH:MM:SS====MVMVS====D===42
    C Jobname  JES Job  T SrvClass   %Use  %Use  %Use  %Use   %Use %Delay  %Dly  De
    - -------- Number   - -------- VolSer  DASD  Tape   Dev AllRsn VolSer   Dev  Nu
    M BMVSLKV  TSU01243 T TSONRM     7.69   7.7         7.7    7.7              83A
      XCFAS             S SYSTEM     3.39   4.3         4.3    5.0    0.2   0.2 83A
      MIMGR    STC01143 S SYSSTC     1.95   1.9         1.9    3.3              871
      CSTTXC   TSU01296 T TSONRM     1.72   3.4         3.4    3.4              83A
      CSTTXC   TSU01296 T TSONRM     1.72   3.4         3.4    3.4              83A
      SMF               S SYSTEM     1.24   1.2         1.2    1.2    0.2   0.2 830
      XCFAS             S SYSTEM     0.89   4.3         4.3    5.0          0.2 831
      AAOAOQF  STC01225 S STCNRM     0.78   1.1         1.1    1.1          0.2 836
      DC$BBIE  STC01136 S STCNRM     0.57   1.0         1.0    1.4    0.7   0.7 83A
      DC$ESTR  STC01189 S STCNRM     0.55   0.7         0.7    0.8    0.8   0.8 83A
      AAOAOQE  STC01227 S STCNRM     0.44   0.9         0.9    1.0              83F
      CATALOG           S SYSTEM     0.41   0.6         0.6    0.8              830

    MVScope starts monitoring the job that you selected and displays the MSMONSET view. The MSMONSET view, as shown in the following figure, shows the selected job in the sampling state.

    DDMMMYYYY  HH:MM:SS -------- MAINVIEW WINDOW INTERFACE (Vv.r.mm) ---------------
    COMMAND  ===>                                                 SCROLL ===> PAGE
    CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>                                            
     W1 =MSMONSET==========SYSE=====*========DDMMMYYYY==HH:MM:SS====MVMVS====D====1
                                    MVScope Monitor Set                             
        Symptoms                                            Problem Analysis
      . Hot Program             Job BMVSLKV , Devn 0D06   . Tasks and SRBs
        No samples              10:11:28 to 11:12:28      . Programs          
      . Hot Instruction         17 CPU, 39 I/O samples    . I/Os              
        Addr:  00006B48  35.3%  Sampling NOV 16, YYYY     . Traces              
        Pgm:   BBD9MAIV         No sampling errors        > Maps                 
        CSECT: BBD9MAIV                                                     
        Ofst:   +0001B6         +----------------------+    Utilities              
      . Hot Task                |   Place cursor on    |  > Monitored Job
        Addr:  007E39C8  94.1%  |    menu item and     |  > First Monitored Dev
        Name:  BBD0MACP         |     press ENTER      |  . Monitor Sets
      . Hot DASD Track          +----------------------+                  
        CCHH:  00E5000C  35.9%                            . Return ...        
        Dsn:   SYS96158.T13504
  3. Press Enter to see the monitoring proceeding.

Default monitoring with the M line command

When you start MVScope by using the M line command, the type of sampling (CPU, IO, or CPUIO) is determined by the type of view in which you are located.

The MVScope primary command can only be called from views using the record types shown in the following table:

 

Type of record

Type of sampling

ASIW

CPU

DSRE

CPUIO

DXRE

IO

WUSR

CPUIO

To determine the type of record with which your view is associated

  1. Go into hilevel.BBACTDEF(BBMSAV01), and find the name of the view from which you want to run the MVScope primary command.
  2. Look in the record type column for the type of view. If the record type is listed in the previous table, the MVScope primary command will sample accordingly.

    Warning

    Note

    If a view is not one of the listed types, the M line command is not available.

  3. If the view is listed as a JOIN view, scroll down until you see a list of the joined view types.
  4. Locate the joined view, and look for the base records that make up that joined view.

    Warning

    Note

    Some joined views are made up of several other joined views. Keep scanning the entries until you can see the names of the base records.

  5. When you know the type of record for the view, refer to the previous table to determine the type of sampling that MVScope will perform for that view.

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