Monitoring and Controlling Processes from Operations Center

Operations Center provides the same commands as the ODT for monitoring and controlling processes. These system commands are used to monitor or control all the processes on the system, including processes initiated from any of the sources discussed in this section. These system commands are listed under Tasking Command Equivalents in this section. You can enter system commands by choosing the Commands Menu.

When you initiate Operations Center, there are nine standard views that can be opened from either the File Menu or the standard toolbar. These views correspond to the types of information you can view at an ODT in automatic display mode (ADM). You can modify the standard views or create new views. Standard views include:

View

Description

Active Entries

Currently running jobs and tasks in the mix

Waiting Entries

Tasks that need operator or user action because they are suspended on an RSVP condition

Scheduled Entries

Tasks that have not begun processing

Completed Entries

Jobs and tasks that have finished executing

Message Entries

System messages and programmatic display messages

Database Entries

Active database stacks

Library Entries

Frozen libraries

NT Task Management Entries

All active processes and their threads

From these views, you can perform tasks and access information. Select a view or an entry within a view. The commands on the Command toolbar and the Commands Menu that are valid for that view or entry are bold. Those commands that are not valid are dimmed. You can also display a Commands Menu by using the right mouse button to select an entry within a view.

To obtain more information than what is normally visible in a view, double-click an entry within a view. A Detailed Information dialog box appears that contains additional information about the entry and allows you to see fields such as Display and Reply Text that may be too short for a single line.