Use the console monitor to perform an unattended save, process a SAVSYS save, or perform a function in a restricted state. Use the *SAVSYS value with the STRBKUBRM command when you want BRMS to save the operating system and related libraries. You can also use the console monitor to monitor selected activities. You can temporarily suspend the monitoring function to enter i5/OS commands and then return the console to a monitored state.
Console monitoring allows users to submit the SAVSYS job to the job scheduler instead of starting the job in an interactive session. Previously, the SAVSYS, SAVSYSBRM, or STRBKUBRM with *SAVSYS command required interactive processing. When you use *CONSOLE as the value for the Submit to batch (SBMJOB) parameter on the STRBKUBRM command, you are submitting a job to the BRMS console monitor, an interactive job in the controlling subsystem. When you schedule a job to run on the console monitor, you do not need to be nearby when the system save process starts. You must start the console monitor job from the system console. Once you start the console monitor, the console waits for a BRMS command to process. You can suspend the console to process commands. However, if you do so, you must return the console to monitoring status so BRMS can monitor for the STRBKUBRM commands issued to the console monitor.