Operands

NAme emonid
Specifies the name of the event monitor.
CLASS c,c,...,c
Specifies the classes of events to monitor. The values for CLASS are listed in the description of the *VMEVENT system service in the CP Programming Services (SC24-6179) documentation. The default value is all classes.
TYPE t,t,...,t
Specifies the types of events to monitor. The values for TYPE are listed in the description of the *VMEVENT system service in the CP Programming Services (SC24-6179) documentation. The default value is all types.
ACTION actnid
Specifies the name of the associated action. This action must have been previously defined using the DEFACTN command or the built-in action NULL.
An action with the name "NULL" is included in Operations Manager. The NULL action is equivalent to specifying DEFACTN NAME NULL and indicates that no action is to be performed. This is useful for rules and monitors that require no action initially, but may require action due to a LIMIT being reached or an idle monitor (via DEFIMON) being triggered.
DAYS MTWTFSSH
Specifies the days of the week (Monday-Sunday) and if the event is active on holidays. For the event to be active on a day of the week and holiday, the corresponding location must contain the asterisk (*) symbol. Issue the DEFDATE command to define holidays. The default is all days and holidays (********).
HOURS h,h,...,h
Specifies the hours of the day the event is active. Any values from 0 to 23 may appear in the comma-separated list. Up to 24 values may be present. The default is all hours.
ENV procenv[,procsys]
Specifies that the processing environment and system of the action is to be overridden with the values assigned to procenv and procsys. See DEFACTN for more information on overriding the processing environment and system, and valid values for procenv and procsys.
LIMIT count,interval[,lmactn]
Specifies that the processing of the monitor's ACTION is limited to count times within interval period of time. Optionally, this command processes the alternate action specified by lmtactn if the limit condition is encountered.
  • The value for count must be from 0 to 999999.
  • When specified as a single positive integer, the value for interval must be from 0 to 999999 seconds. You can also use the format of ddd-hh:mm:ss, which specifies the interval value in days (ddd), hours (hh), minutes (mm), and seconds (ss). The maximum value for this input format is 999-23:59:59.

    For example, a LIMIT of 4 times in 10 seconds could be specified as:

    LIMIT '4,10'   OR   LIMIT '4,000-00:00:10'
  • A value of 0 for count and interval indicates that no processing limit should be applied. If count or interval are 0, both count and interval must be 0, and the lmtactn value omitted. If count and interval are non-zero, the alternate action lmtactn may be specified. The action lmtactn is only processed once if the limit condition is encountered within an interval.
Note: If the LIMIT operand is omitted, the default count and interval are obtained from the DEFOPTN command, EMONLIM operand.
SYSGRP groupid
Specifies that this monitor is only applicable for systems where the local system name is in the group named groupid.
EXSYSGRP groupid
Specifies that this monitor is only applicable for systems where the local system name is not in the group named groupid.
PARM parm
Specifies the parameter or list of parameters that are passed to the ACTION when it is scheduled to run. The value(s) may be entered as parm, but must be enclosed in quotation marks ('parm') if there is more than one blank-delimited value. The DEFACTN command can use the parameter through the &p substitution variable. The parameter is also available to any chained action routine that is defined in the NEXTACTN operand on the DEFACTN command.
USER userid
Specifies this event is only applicable for events generated for userid.
GROUP groupid
Specifies this event is only applicable for events generated for users in the group named groupid.
EXUSER userid
Specifies this event is only applicable for events NOT generated for userid. EXUSER may also be used to specify an identifier for events that do not involve a userid.
EXGROUP groupid
Specifies this event is only applicable for events NOT generated for users in the group named groupid.