This topic explains the purpose of the available types of requests and describes how to specify each request type. A request type is determined by the specified value of the <filename> parameter.
There is one subtopic for each available request type, presenting an example request and listing the required and optional parameters. The resulting XML documents are documented in How to interpret an XML document returned by the DDS.
Table 1 lists all filename specifications which are valid in a request string to a z/OS system and also indicates which filenames can be specified for AIX®, Linux or Windows.
| Filename | See | Purpose | XML document type | Valid for AIX, Linux or Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| contained.xml | How to specify a contained request | list of child resources | <contained-resources-list> | yes |
| details.xml | How to specify a details request | attributes of a resource | <attribute-list> | no |
| detailsname.xml | How to specify a detailsname request | attributes of a resource | <attribute-list> | no |
| filterinst.xml | How to specify a filterinst request | list of filter instances | <filter-instances-list> | yes |
| index.xml | How to specify an index request | list of metrics for all resources | <metric-list> | yes |
| listmetrics.xml | How to specify a listmetrics request | list of metrics for one resource | <metric-list> | yes |
| perform.xml | How to specify a perform request | performance data | <report> | yes |
| <report_name>.xml | How to specify a report request | Monitor III report | <report> | no |
| rmfpp.xml | How to specify a postprocessor request | one or more Postprocessor reports | <postprocessor> | no |
| root.xml | How to specify a root request | root resource | <contained-resources-list> | yes |
| workscopes.xml | How to specify a workscopes request | list of workscopes | <workscope-list> | no |