The ISPF session

Enablement: RMF™ is an optional feature of z/OS. It is present in the system, whether you have purchased it or not. If you have not specifically ordered RMF, it is disabled. The Monitor II session cannot be started, and you will receive the message:

ERBA000I RMF is not enabled to run on this system

When you select Monitor II on the RMF Primary Menu, you get the Monitor II Primary Menu. You can go from here to the category of report that you want to display, or you can choose the tutorial or exit from Monitor II. You can also enter Monitor II report commands on the selection line.

Figure 1. Monitor II Primary Menu
                    RMF Monitor II Primary Menu                z/OS V2R2 RMF
Selection ===>

Enter selection number or command on selection line.

  1 Address spaces      Address space reports
  2 I/O Subsystem       I/O Queuing, Device, Channel, and HFS reports
  3 Resource            Enqueue, Storage, SRM, and other resource reports

  L Library Lists       Program library and OPT information
  U User                User-written reports (add your own ...)


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The selection U displays the RMF Monitor II User Reports selection menu. This option is only meaningful if you have written some reports of your own and included them into the selection menu. For information on how to do this, see the z/OS RMF Programmer's Guide.

The Monitor II tutorial is available from the "RMF Primary Menu" as well as the "Monitor II Primary Menu". For information about how to use the Monitor II tutorial, see Getting help with RMF dialogs.

When selected, each category of Monitor II presents a more detailed selection panel showing the individual reports. The categories are: