MONITOR

Purpose

The MONITOR command causes the SA z/OS® monitoring routine to be run.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramMONITORsubsystemTARGET=system_namedomain_idsaplex_name

Parameters

subsystem
Is the name of the subsystem you want monitored. It can be a list of subsystems. The default is that all subsystems will be monitored.

You can also specify wildcards. This applies a filter for monitoring. Only resource names that match the filter criteria are monitored. Wildcard is supported. Valid specifications are, for example, *abc, abc*, or *abc*.

TARGET
For information on the TARGET parameter, see TARGET Parameter.

Restrictions and Limitations

The MONITOR command can only be used when SA z/OS is initialized.

The output of the MONITOR command is always in line mode.

Usage

MONITOR can be used whenever you want to validate your current automation agent status information.

Examples

To monitor TSO, VTAM® and all subsystems that start with CICS®, enter the following:
monitor TSO VTAM CICS*