<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <meta name="DC.Type" content="concept" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="What you can do with threads" /> <meta name="abstract" content="Since threads help jobs process more than one operation at a time while running, monitoring the threads that are running within a job may be necessary. This helps you to keep the job running efficiently. You can use iSeries Navigator to find the thread you want to manage." /> <meta name="description" content="Since threads help jobs process more than one operation at a time while running, monitoring the threads that are running within a job may be necessary. This helps you to keep the job running efficiently. You can use iSeries Navigator to find the thread you want to manage." /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzaksmanagethreads.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="../rzakz/rzakzqthdrscafn.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="../rzakz/rzakzqthdrscadj.htm" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2004-2006" /> <meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2004-2006" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="rzaksthreadactionstructure" /> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>What you can do with threads</title> </head> <body id="rzaksthreadactionstructure"><a name="rzaksthreadactionstructure"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">What you can do with threads</h1> <div><p>Since threads help jobs process more than one operation at a time while running, monitoring the threads that are running within a job may be necessary. This helps you to keep the job running efficiently. You can use iSeries™ Navigator to find the thread you want to manage. </p> <p>After you have located the thread, you can right-click the thread and select one of the following actions:</p> <dl><dt class="dlterm">Reset Statistics</dt> <dd>Allows you to reset the list information you are viewing, and it sets the elapsed time to 00:00:00.</dd> <dt class="dlterm">Details</dt> <dd>Because the functions of a thread are similar to that of a job, they share some of the same actions. Details contains detailed information about the following thread actions:<ul><li>Call stack</li> <li>Library list</li> <li>Locked Objects</li> <li>Transactions</li> <li>Elapsed Performance Statistics</li> </ul> </dd> <dt class="dlterm">Hold</dt> <dd>Allows you to hold the thread. Threads can be held multiple times. The operating system keeps track of the number of times a thread is held.</dd> <dt class="dlterm">Release</dt> <dd>Releases the thread that was held. The thread must be released each time that it is held in order for it to run.</dd> <dt class="dlterm">Delete/End</dt> <dd>Allows you to end the selected thread or threads. </dd> <dt class="dlterm">Thread Properties</dt> <dd>Displays the different attributes of a thread.</dd> </dl> <p>For more detailed information about the actions you can perform on threads, see the iSeries Navigator online help.</p> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzaksmanagethreads.htm" title="There are many tasks that you can do when managing threads.">Manage threads</a></div> </div> <div class="relinfo"><strong>Related information</strong><br /> <div><a href="../rzakz/rzakzqthdrscafn.htm">Performance system values: Thread affinity</a></div> <div><a href="../rzakz/rzakzqthdrscadj.htm">Performance system values: Automatically adjust thread resources</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>