Pathway/XM System Management Manual
Managing a Pathway/XM Environment
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LINKMON Processes
Table 7-2 lists the effects of PXMCFG commands on LINKMON processes. Table 7-3 
lists the effects of PXMCOM commands on LINKMON processes.
Table 7-2. PXMCFG Commands That Affect LINKMON Processes
PXMCFG Command Effect on LINKMON Processes
SET PATHWAY The MAXLINKMONS parameter sets the maximum 
number of LINKMON processes that can communicate with 
the well-known named PATHMON process in a 
Pathway/XM environment
SET SERVER The SECURITY and OWNER parameters restrict access by 
Pathsend requesters to the server classes 
Table 7-3. PXMCOM Commands That Affect LINKMON Processes
PXMCOM Command Effect on LINKMON Processes
CONTROL SERVER Changes the current configuration attributes for a distributed 
server class
FREEZE SERVER Prohibits LINKMON processes from sending requests to 
server classes
INFO PATHWAY Displays the current MAXLINKMONS value
INFO SERVER Checks the current SECURITY and OWNER attribute 
values for a server class
RESUME SERVER Allows incoming requests from LINKMON processes to be 
sent to distributed server classes that were suspended
STATS SERVER Displays resource usage and performance statistics on a 
LINKMON process linked to a specific server class
STATUS LINKMON Checks the status of LINKMON processes that have links to 
server classes in the Pathway/XM environment
STATUS PATHMON Identifies the LINKMON processes currently 
communicating with the well-known named PATHMON 
process
STATUS PATHWAY Displays the number of LINKMON processes 
communicating with a Pathway/XM environment
STATUS SERVER Identifies the LINKMON process linked to a specific server 
class
SUSPEND SERVER Causes incoming requests from LINKMON processes to 
distributed server classes to be queued until a RESUME 
SERVER command is issued, or until a timeout causes the 
server class to be frozen
THAW SERVER Allows LINKMON processes to send requests to frozen 
server classes










