The MONITOR PROCESSES command initiates monitoring of the
    PROCESSES class, which displays information about all processes
    in the system.

    In a multifile summary request, the classes CLUSTER and PROCESSES
    are ignored. If these classes are the only classes specified on
    the command line, MONITOR does not recognize them and displays a
    "no classes specified" error message.

    Beginning in OpenVMS Version 8.3, four new qualifiers
    (/TOPKERNEL, /TOPEXECUTIVE, /TOPSUPERVISOR, and /TOPUSER) allow
    you to monitor per-process-based modes usage. They are useful
    in helping to identify the top consumers of the various CPU
    modes. If, for example, the MONITOR MODES command shows that
    an excessive amount of supervisor mode is being used, the new
    MONITOR PROCESSES/TOPSUPERVISOR display reveals which process-and
    hence, which user-is responsible.

    Format

      MONITOR PROCESSES