Add a job monitor function to Navigator for i.

IBM understand this request and will consider this in a future release.

the associated requests option ion this form does not work, my request number for this is TS003315828

I've used job monitors for years, monitoring for single threaded sub system batch jobs sitting on a message wait status. When encountered, a notification message is sent so the issue can be addressed and additional jobs in the job queue sitting next in line can proceed. It came as quite a surprise to me when I moved to V7R4, to find that this feature was gone; yet another disappointing decision by IBM to take away something that has helped its customers for years. While I realize the windows interface to get to the job monitors isn't supported (system I navigator management central), the feature should not have been eliminated. In my opinion, this is much more than a nice to have, it is a requirement. IBM support sent me here to vote and also suggested I investigate third party solutions. Imagine that, give customers tools that they build their business around, then take them away and push them to buy expensive third party replacements.

The COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC) has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a medium priority requirement that should be addressed.

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There are still a couple of Management Central Functions that need to be formally supported at 7.3 and beyond, I think this is a good example.

One solution would be that you add the option to run a monitor that has been defined on one system to be run again another system or better yet multiple systems.

You could define the list of systems for the monitor to be run on as part of the existing monitor setup wizard and you could definite the list of the possible systems using the Target System definition functionality that already exists in Nav4i.

You could then display multiple systems data on a single monitor graph and that would be a FANTASTIC improvement.

Dear IBM, it's my birthday in November, if you wanted to gift wrap the above it would make an awesome gift ;-)

Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - System Management
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None

For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - IBM i Access Family
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None