Introduction › The Operator Session

The Operator Session

An operator session gives an authorized user the ability to monitor and control processing and resources. By using the operator commands, you can perform the following tasks:

• Activate, inactivate or quiesce sessions.
• Display performance data and other information about:
  • Applications
  • Memory
  • Windows usage
  • Physical and virtual printers
  • Physical and virtual terminals
  • Sessions
  • Storage
  • VSAM files
  • Tables
  • Traces
  • View facility
• Modify user, application, and global variables.
• Reload tables, panels, profiles, and ACL/E programs without shutting down CA TPX.
• Send messages to users.
• Access the message log.
• Activate and inactivate the trace facility.
• Unlock user's terminals.
• Pass GCS or CP commands to the service machine.
• Add virtual terminals without shutting down CA TPX.

The chapter Operator Commands describes these commands.