Accessing the special resource monitor

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Follow these steps to use the Special Resource Monitor to remove a resource from an operation:

From the MODIFYING THE CURRENT PLAN main menu, select option 7 (SPECRES). You see the SPECIFYING RESOURCE MONITOR LIST CRITERIA panel, shown in EQQQMSEP - Specifying resource monitor list criteria.

Figure 1. EQQQMSEP - Specifying resource monitor list criteria

EQQQMSEP --------- SPECIFYING RESOURCE MONITOR LIST CRITERIA ------------
Command ===>

Specify selection criteria below and press ENTER to create a list.

SPECIAL RESOURCE     ===> PAY*________________________________________
SPECRES GROUP ID     ===> ________

Enter either Y  N or leave blank below:

ALLOCATED SHARED     ===> _
WAITING              ===> _
AVAILABLE            ===> Y

Use the panel to limit the resources displayed. The SPECIAL RESOURCE and SPECRES GROUP ID fields can have HCL Workload Automation for Z filter characters such as * (asterisk) to specify a range of resources. Specify the values shown, for example, to show all available resources whose names begin with PAY.
Press Enter to list the resources. You see the SPECIAL RESOURCE MONITOR panel, shown in EQQQMLSL - Special resource monitor.
Figure 2. EQQQMLSL - Special resource monitor
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EQQQMLSL ----------------- SPECIAL RESOURCE MONITOR ---------  ROW 1 TO 1 OF 1
Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> PAGE

Enter any of the row commands below:
B - Browse, M - Modify, I - In use list, W - Waiting queue

R Special                                      A RDM Adjust  Used    Used    W
  Resource                                       AQD Qty     Shared  Excl
' PAYROLL.DATABASE                             Y NNN 1       0       0       N
******************************* BOTTOM OF DATA ********************************
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Each resource is described with these fields:

A
Availability. Y or N. When a global availability has been set (for example, with the SRSTAT command), this is shown, rather than the value specified for the interval.
RDM

RODM can update three resource fields:

A
Availability
D
Deviation

Q
Quantity

The panel shows a separate status for each of the RODM fields:
N
Not monitored. The scheduler does not subscribe to RODM for this field.
I

Inactive. RODM is inactive, or communication has been lost. The scheduler tries to reconnect every 5 minutes.
P
Pending. A status request has been sent to RODM, but no reply has yet been received.
A
Active. RODM monitoring is active and has updated the field.

Adjust Qty
The current quantity, taking any deviation into account. When a global quantity has been set (for example, with the SRSTAT command), this is used, rather than the value specified for the interval or the default value.
Used Shared
Quantity allocated as shared.
Used Excl
Quantity allocated as exclusive.
W
Indicates that there are operations waiting to allocate the resource (Y), or no waiting operations (N).

The available row commands are:
B
Browse the resource.

M
Modify the resource.

I
Display the operations that have allocated this resource.
W
Display the operations that are waiting to allocate this resource.
Enter the I row command to see the operations that are using the resource. You see the SPECIAL RESOURCE MONITOR - IN USE LIST panel, shown in EQQQMIML - Special resource monitor - in use list.
Figure 3. EQQQMIML - Special resource monitor - in use list
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EQQQMIML ----------- SPECIAL RESOURCE MONITOR - IN USE LIST -  ROW 1 TO 1 OF 1
Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> PAGE

Enter any of the row commands below:
S - Select details, D - Delete from list

Special resource : PAYROLL.DATABASE
Text             : serializes access to the Paymore database

Row Actual Start    Operation Jobname  Est   S  Qty    Type
cmd Date     Time   ws    no.          Dur
'' 95/06/09 12.00  CPU1  020 PAYDAILY  0060.00  E  1       X
******************************* BOTTOM OF DATA *******************************
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The operations at the top of the list have been using the resource for the longest time and are more likely to release their allocation soon. The duration helps you estimate when the operations will release their allocation of the resource.
The list has these columns:
- Actual start date and time
- Operation ws (workstation)
- Operation no. (operation number)
- Jobname
- Est Dur (the estimated operation duration)
- S (status of the operation)
- Qty (number allocated to this operation)
- Type (type of allocation: shared (S) or exclusive (X)).
Enter the D row command beside the operation to release the resources from the operation.
Note: This is a logical release. In EQQQMIML - Special resource monitor - in use list, for example, the D command causes PAYDAILY to free HCL Workload Automation for Z resource PAYROLL.DATABASE, but if its status is S, it can still be writing to the real payroll database.
You see the CONFIRMING DELETION OF AN OPERATION FROM QUEUE OR LIST panel. Enter Y to deallocate the resource from the operation.