Displaying Robot/MONITOR Statistics on a System i or PC

This Help/FACTS contains information to help you troubleshoot the process of displaying Robot/MONITOR statistics on a System i or PC.

Entries Created During Installation

For statistic monitoring and collection purposes, the following auto start job entries and routing entries are created in the RBTSLEEPER subsystem when Robot/MONITOR is installed on your system.

Autostart Job Entries

To start the ROBOTMON job, use the STRMTR command. To start the RBTMSTAT job, use the STRMTRG command.

Routing Entries

Displaying Statistics on the iSeries

To display statistics on an iSeries, use the following command:

MTRFLPMOD MODE(*NETWORK)

The DTAARA (data area) MTROPRMOD determines how statistics are collected and viewed and reflects the last use of this command based on the mode selected: 1 = *STANDALONE, 2 = *NETWORK. Keep in mind the DTAARA is numeric.

The DTAARA is shipped with a value of 1, MODE(*STANDALONE). By default, statistics cannot be displayed on an iSeries. In addition, MODE(*NETWORK) requires that one of the following libraries is present on the system: RBTNETLIB or RBTNETNODE.

The ROBOTMON job must be running on each system for statistics to be collected, regardless of whether the system is a Network Node or a Network Host. If the ROBOTMON job is running, statistics are collected, however, they will not display on the iSeries unless you are running MODE(*NETWORK). Statistics collected while running in MODE(*STANDALONE) can be viewed only on PC Graphs, even after you switch to MODE(*NETWORK).

Displaying Statistics on a PC

The RBTMSTAT job must be running to convert statistical data into records for PC graphs. If you are using MODE(*STANDALONE), this job must be running to use PC Graphs. If you are using MODE(*NETWORK), this job can run only on the Host system.

PC graphs do not recognize a system configured as a Network Node running in MODE(*STANDALONE) to be a valid ‘data host’. To use PC graphs on a system configured as a Network Node you must use MODE(*NETWORK) and connect to the Network Host from PC graphs.

Robot/MONITOR Commands

Use the following Robot/MONITOR commands to start and stop statistic collection and change from *STANDALONE to *NETWORK mode.