Stopping the monitoring agent

Objective

To stop the Monitoring Agent for IBM i OS.

Background information

Not applicable

Required authorization role

*USER

You need authority to access the agent commands. By default, they all are *PUBLIC *EXCLUDE with some user group profiles given *USE authority as shown in Table 1. Use the GRTOBJAUT command to add authorization for other users.

Before you begin

Not applicable

When you finish

Not applicable

Procedure

1. From an IBM i OS, enter the following command:

   GO OMA

2. Enter 3 (End Tivoli® Monitoring: IBM i OS Agent).
3. Specify one of the following options:

   *IMMED

   Stops the monitoring agent immediately.

   *CNTRLD

   Performs a controlled shutdown. With a controlled shutdown, you can also specify the following options:

   Delay time

   Shutdown is delayed for the time interval (in seconds) that you specify, enabling the monitoring agent to complete operations.

   Allow abnormal end if needed (YES, NO)

   If you enter YES, any jobs that have not ended after 10 minutes are shut down.