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Monitored Job Details

You can enter line comand S on any of the DM Primary Display screens to access the Monitored Job Details panel.

This display shows, on a single screen, a summary of all the current monitor data for the requested job step. The data includes:

• Currently used resources
• A minute-by-minute display of CPU and I/O over the previous 15 minutes
• Historic averages
• Runaway values
• Active thesholds
• Step status /scope information from the Server

The following example shows an example of the Monitored Job Details panel.

PMA 85---- PMA - Monitored Job Details ----------------------------------------
COMMAND ===>

  Jobname  Procstep Stepname PGM/JCL  PGM/Appl    Date       Time
  SAMPJOB1 RUNAJOBD          APCSAMP            15/01/11   06:06:28

                 IO         CPU      Elapsed              15 Minute History
 Actual          127129      1.29    00:02:07            IO/Min  CPU/Min Level
 Average         114000      2.00    00:06:00             059059 00.000   -01
 Runaway.        393000      7.00    00:15:00             065067 00.000   -02
 Max Thresh.          0      0.00    00:00:00   (ANY)          N/A        -03
 Min Thresh.          0      0.00    00:00:00   (ALL)          N/A        -04
                                                               N/A        -05
  Average and Runaway values based on:         5 RUNS          N/A        -06
                                                               N/A        -07
  Job Status:  PMA MONITORING   Step Number: 001               N/A        -08
                                                               N/A        -09
                                                               N/A        -10
  Monitor Scope                                                N/A        -11
  Job Step: INCLUDED     Program:  INCLUDED                    N/A        -12
                                                               N/A        -13
  PMA Scope                                                    N/A        -14
  Job Step: INCLUDED     Program   INCLUDED                    N/A        -15

The following list describes each of the fields in the various sections of the Monitored Job Details panel.

Job information

Jobname

Name of the job

Procstep

Name of the step that invoked the procedure

Stepname

Name of the step that invoked the program

PGM/JCL

Program name from the JCL

PGM/Appl

Program name of the application

Date

Date that the step started

Time

Time that the step started

Measurement values, averages, runaway values, and thresholds

The values in this section are expressed in the following formats:

• IO - nnnnnnnnnn
• CPU - sssssss.hh
• Elapsed - hh:mm:ss

Actual

Measured values for the step, so far

Average

Average values for the step from the job file

N/A is displayed if there is no step history.

Runaway

Point at which the step becomes eligible for a runaway alert

Max Thresh.

Values at which the step becomes eligible for a threshold alert.

Maximum threshold options can be one of the following:

• NONE - TA (Maximum Threshold) feature is not active
• ANY - an alert is activated if any TA value is exceeded
• COND - same as ANY, but only on the condition that the program and step are eligible for normal alert processing

Min Thresh.

Minimum threshold values the step must exceed to be eligible for a runaway alert.

Minimum threshold options can be one of the following:

• NONE - TM (Minimum Threshold) feature is not active
• ANY - runaway checks occur only when any TM value is exceeded
• ALL - runaway checks occur only when all TM values are exceeded

Averages and runaway values used

Average and Runaway values based on:

n RUNS, where n is the number of times that the step SMF data has previously been processed by Performance Management Assistant.

The averages and variances are adjusted by the data from each new run that is processed. Because of this adjustment, the runaway values evolve to take account of the normal behavior of the step. Dynamic alert checking is not done for the first 3 runs of a step in order to allow sufficient history to accumulate.

History of CPU and I/O per minute for the previous 15 minutes

15 Minute History
IO/Min CPU/Min Level

History table, which displays the number of I/Os (nnnnnn) and the milliseconds of CPU (ss.mmm) that are consumed during each of the previous 15 minutes of a step.

The table is arranged top down, with the newest entry first. The Level indicator shows the age of each entry in minutes (-nn).

APC Status and Monitor Scope information

Job Status:

Status of the job/step within the Server.

It can be one of the following:

• JOB STARTING - a job start has been recognized, but the step information is not yet available
• JOB TERMINATION - the job has ended and the Server is in the post job processing and clean up phase
• STEP END - the current step has ended and the Server is waiting for a new step to start or job end to be signalled
• APC MONITORING - a step is currently active and being monitored by the Server
• ALERT ACTIVATED - a monitor alert has been activated by the Server for the reason shown

Monitor Scope

Specifies whether the job step and program are included or excluded.

Both the job step and program must be included before the Server can trigger an alert.

APC Scope

Specifies whether the job step and program are included or excluded.

Both the job step and program must be included for Server monitoring to take place.

Note: Even if the Monitor Scope is set to include both the job step and program, if either the job step or program is excluded from the Scope, monitor alerts will not be activated.