Starts a monitoring component within the OpenVMS Registry server. This command requires the SYSPRV privilege or the REG$PERFORMANCE rights identifier. Format: START MONITORING/FILE [name] START MONITORING/PERFORMANCE name Identifies the file (used with the /FILE qualifier only).
1 – Qualifiers
1.1 /FILE
Start gathering counters for the specified file or for all files.
1.2 /PERFORMANCE
Start gathering performance counters.
1.3 /WAIT
/WAIT=seconds (default = 90) /NOWAIT Specifies the maximum amount of time, in seconds, that you are willing to wait for command completion. If the Registry server does not complete the request in the specified interval, REG$CP returns REG-F-NORESPONSE. The default interval is 90 seconds. /NOWAIT is equivalent to specifying /WAIT=0, but there may still be a short wait period.
2 – Example
REG> START MONITORING/PERFORMANCE Enables a monitoring component of the OpenVMS Registry.