ViewPoint Manual
Using ViewPoint
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Monitoring Status
If you want to shut down the ViewPoint processes, first exit ViewPoint by pressing the 
SF16 function key, then at the TACL prompt, type: 
pathmon-name
is the name of the PATHMON process with which ViewPoint is to establish 
communication. The default is $ZVPT. 
pathmon-name
is the name of the PATHMON process with which ViewPoint is to establish 
communication. The default is $ZVPT. 
If you have not set your #USELIST to include ViewPoint, type: 
pathmon-name
is the name of the PATHMON process with which ViewPoint is to establish 
communication. The default is $ZVPT. 
or 
pathmon-name
is the name of the PATHMON process with which ViewPoint is to establish 
communication. The default is $ZVPT. 
Monitoring Status
You can monitor the status of the network with the Network Status Summary screen. 
Observing Network Status
You can display information on the current usage of network resources.  To observe the 
status of your network resources, follow these steps:
1. Press F2 to display the Network Status Summary screen.
VIEWPT :shutdown [pathmon-name]
VIEWPT :stopit [pathmon-name]
:UTILS:VIEWPT :shutdown [pathmon-name]
:UTILS:VIEWPT :stopit [pathmon-name]
Note. If ViewPoint stops for any reason and is then restarted, ViewPoint does not display 
events sent while it was stopped. The person managing the ViewPoint application can get 
ViewPoint to display these messages by setting the configuration parameter, RECOVER-
CACHE, to TRUE. See Appendix A, Server Assigns and Parameters
 for details.










