Tracking and monitoring jobs on a remote system

About this task

You can use the Job Status view to keep track of jobs running on a remote system and monitor their status.

The Job Status view displays:
  • The data and time a job was submitted
  • The name of the job, for example, 202818/JSMITH/QZRCSRVS
  • The name of the Remote System Explorer connection associated with the job, if applicable
  • The status of the job
  • The type of task being performed by the job:
    • Project_build_name Build: Jobs submitted as the result of an i Project build
    • Batch Compile: Batch compile jobs submitted by the Remote System Explorer
    • Batch Program: Batch programs running and submitted by the Remote System Explorer
    • Batch Command: Batch commands submitted by the Remote System Explorer
    • (Blank): Regular jobs that you have explicitly added to the Job Status view

To add jobs to the Job Status view:

Procedure

  1. In the Remote Systems view, expand your connection, and expand Jobs.
  2. Expand Active Jobs, or My Active Jobs, and so on. (see the related concept for more information on different types of jobs).
  3. If applicable, expand the relevant IBM® i subsystem for the job category.
  4. Right-click the job and select Add to Job Status View to add the job to the Job Status view.

What to do next

You can right-click any jobs in the Job Status view to perform actions against them, for example, to release the job or display the job log. See the related links for more information on these types of tasks.

To remove one or more jobs from the view, click the remove selected job or remove all jobs button from the view's toolbar.

Some jobs with specific tasks have task-specific actions. For example, i Project build tasks have Cancel and Retrieve Errors actions. These appear on the pop-up menu under Task Actions if there are any.

You can also automatically add jobs initiated by the Remote System Explorer to the Job Status view. A preference is set in the Command Execution preferences page to allow you to add these kinds of jobs to the view. To access these preferences,
  1. From the Remote Systems view, click the drop-down menu and select Preferences > Remote Systems.
  2. Expand IBM i and click Command Execution.
  3. In the preferences page on the right, note the check boxes for Add batch compiles to the Job Status view and Add batch commands to the Job Status view. If you want to be able to add these kinds of Remote System Explorer jobs to the IBM i job monitor, make sure that these check boxes are selected.
Attention: The status field in the Job Status view only refreshes if the IBM i Remote System Explorer connection associated with the job is connected. If the connection is disconnected or offline then the status field will not be refreshed.

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