Use the Applications page on the Process Management page
to view information for processes, such as program applications, with
which you can then interact. Most process management tasks are performed
on applications. Each row of information on the applications page
represents an application.
Note: This task requires the IBM® Systems
Director Launched Tasks program. This
program is installed automatically the first time you use a task that
requires it. For information about the IBM Systems
Director Launched Tasks program, see "Starting
the IBM Systems
Director Launched Tasks program."
Menu bar
- File >
- Close
- Closes the window.
- Actions >
- Execute Command
- Opens a page where you can specify a command and run the command
on the selected system.
- Close Application
- Stops the selected application on the selected system.
- Set Priority >
- Sets the priority of the selected process. Choose from the following
options:
- Real-Time
- High
- High Normal
- Normal
- Low-Normal
- Low
Note: This option is not available for Linux® systems.
- Kill Process
- Linux only:
Opens a page where you can end a selected process.
- Terminate Signal
- Linux only:
Opens a page where you can terminate a selected process.
- Help >
- Process Management
- Displays help information for the Process Management page
and its pages.
- Index
- Displays the IBM Systems Director Help
Index.
Fields
- Name
- Identifies the name and location of the application on the system,
except for UNIX®, in which only
the name of the application is displayed. The application names listed
can be selected to specify the application for which you want to start
a process monitor by right-clicking an application and selecting Add
To Monitors.
- Process ID
- Identifies the operating system's internal identification value
for this process.
- User
- Identifies the logon ID of the user who started the process.
- Thread Count
- Identifies the number of program threads that this process is
using.
- Priority
- Identifies the relative importance of the process with regard
to receiving attention from the processor.
- Memory Usage
- Identifies the current memory usage, in kilobytes (K), for the
selected system.
- CPU Time
- Identifies the processor time used by an application.
- Monitored
- An indicator of a process monitor's activation.
Actions
- Add To Monitors
- Adds a monitor of the selected application to the Process
Monitors page. You can display and view the monitor entry
by selecting in the menu bar.
- Close Application
- Closes or stops the selected application. Not all applications
can be closed using this option.
CAUTION:
Closing an application
can cause a loss of data and halt the operating system.
- Set Priority >
- Sets the priority of the selected process. Choose from the following
options:
- Real-Time
- High
- High Normal
- Normal
- Low-Normal
- Low
Note: This option is not available for Linux systems.
- Copy
- Copies the selected line to the clip board.
- Copy Cell
- Copies the selected cell to the clip board.
- Sort >
- Ascending
- Sorts the selected column in ascending alphanumeric order.
- Descending
- Sorts the selected column in descending alphanumeric order.
- Hide Column
- Removes the selected column from the view.
- Show Column
- Restores a hidden column to view. The restored column is inserted
to the left of the current column.