Process Management window: Applications page

This topic describes the Process Management window: Applications page in IBM Director.

Introduction

The Process Management window: Applications page displays information for processes with which you can interact, such as program applications. Most process management tasks are performed on applications. Each row of information on the applications page represents an application.

Menubar

Actions >
Execute Command
Opens a dialog that allows you to specify a command and execute 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. Options are:
  • Real-Time
  • High
  • High Normal
  • Normal
  • Low-Normal
  • Low
Monitors >
Process Monitors
Displays the Process Monitors window, which you can use to define a monitor or an event threshold for a specified process. Right-click on an application, then select Add To Monitors to add a monitor entry for the selected application.

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 that 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.
Right-click actions
Add To Monitors
Adds a monitor of the selected application to the Process Monitors dialog. You can display and view the monitor entry by selecting Monitors > Process Monitors in the menu bar.
Close Application
Closes or stops the selected application. Not all applications can be closed using this option.
Attention: Closing an application can cause a loss of data and halt the operating system.
Set Priority >
Sets the priority of the selected process. The options are:
  • Real-Time
  • High
  • High Normal
  • Normal
  • Low-Normal
  • Low
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.

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