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CA SYSVIEW Integration

When the CA SYSVIEW interface is enabled (through the WEBCENTER parameter group), it appears in the WebCenter interface, providing a persistent command interface to CA SYSVIEW.

Any command entered into the Command Text field can be executed, or more specifically, passed to CA SYSVIEW to be executed. CA SYSVIEW in turn passes results back in the form of output that is restricted to the Maximum Lines Returned specified in the Execute a SYSVIEW Command Criteria field.

To improve performance and to cut down on network traffic, the CA SYSVIEW interface restricts the maximum number of lines returned to WebCenter for each command to 2000 lines.

For security reasons, CA SYSVIEW limits execution of certain commands to administrators or users with superuser authority. Because of the nature of the web interface to CA SYSVIEW, it is not possible to identify who is issuing the commands.

This is particularly apparent in the UNIX System Services displays, therefore:

• The output of certain commands such as UDIRTREE or UPROCESS, which rely on a particular user's profile, will vary a little.
• The output of other commands, such as USUPER, which toggles the current user authority to superuser mode, will not work at all.

One additional limitation in the CA SYSVIEW interface is that line commands, or commands that are entered against a particular line of CA SYSVIEW output, are not implemented in WebCenter. However, in many cases, there is a direct CA SYSVIEW command that will produce the desired output. Use the MENU command to navigate through the CA SYSVIEW menus and the HELP command to request help for specific CA SYSVIEW commands.