Using IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for z/OS commands

Using the prefix M5:, you can issue a set of product-provided commands to terminate or alter the execution attributes of an address space.

Use the M5: prefix to issue any of the following commands as a Take Action command.

Note: The colon (:) following the prefix is mandatory.
Command name Description Required parameters
CANCEL Cancel address space ASNAME, ASID/ASIDX, ASTYPE
CANCELDUMP Cancel address space with dump ASNAME, ASID/ASIDX, ASTYPE
CANCELRESTART Cancel address space with restart ASNAME, ASID/ASIDX, ASTYPE
CANCELDUMPRESTART Cancel address space with dump and restart ASNAME, ASID/ASIDX, ASTYPE
CHANGETIMELIMIT Change step CPU time limit ASID or ASIDX, Time
KILL Kill a job or user with a system A22 abend. Address space name, address space ID (ASID), or hexadecimal address space ID (ASIDX)
MARKSWAPPABLE Mark swappable ASID, ASIDX
MARKNONSWAPPABLE Mark nonswappable ASID, ASIDX
RESETSC Reset address space ASNAME, ASID/ASIDX, SRVCLASS
RESUME Resume address space ASNAME, ASID/ASIDX
QUIESCE Quisce address space ASNAME, ASID/ASIDX
SWAPIN Swap in ASID, ASIDX
The syntax for the commands is:
M5:command_name,keyword1=value1,keyword2=value2,...
The following are the valid keywords:
ASName
Value is an address name of up to 8 characters.
ASID
Valid value is a decimal ASID number.
ASIDX
Valid value is a hexadecimal ASID number.
ASType
Address Space Type
  • 1=BATCH
  • 2=TSO
  • 3=STC
  • 4=APPC
  • 5=OMVS
SRVCLASS
Service Class Name
Time
The value is expressed in the following format: {+|-}nnnnS|M|H, where:
  • + adds time
  • - subtracts time
  • Absence of + and - sets the CPU time limit to the value specified
  • nnnnS is the time in seconds
  • nnnnM is the time in minutes
  • nnnnH is the time in hours
Note: The command names and the keywords are NOT case-sensitive.

For more information on using Take Action commands, see the IBM Tivoli® Monitoring: Tivoli Enterprise Portal User’s Guide or the Tivoli Enterprise Portal online help.

Command examples

To kills job JFTESTXX, ASID 64, use:
M5:Kill ASName=JFTESTXX,ASID=64
To make ASID 64 nonswappable, use:
M5:MarkNonSwappable ASID=64
To add 60 minutes to the step CPU time limit, use:
M5:ChangeTimeLimit ASID=64,Time=+60M
To set the step CPU time limit to 45 seconds, use:
M5:ChangeTimeLimit ASID=64,Time=45