What you can do with threads

 

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.

After you have located the thread, you can right-click the thread and select one of the following actions:

Reset Statistics

Allows you to reset the list information you are viewing, and it sets the elapsed time to 00:00:00.

Details

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:

  • Call stack

  • Library list

  • Locked Objects

  • Transactions

  • Elapsed Performance Statistics

Hold

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.

Release

Releases the thread that was held. The thread must be released each time that it is held in order for it to run.

Delete/End

Allows you to end the selected thread or threads.

Thread Properties

Displays the different attributes of a thread.

For more detailed information about the actions you can perform on threads, see the iSeries Navigator online help.

 

Parent topic:

Managing threads