Introduction

Control-O/COSMOS monitors objects (started tasks, terminals, disks, and so on) in your computing environment, and maintains each object in a status specified by the user. If the desired status of an object changes, Control-O/COSMOS performs the actions necessary to bring the object to its new desired status.

For example, if CICS is up but it becomes necessary to bring CICS down, the desired status of CICS can be changed to DOWN and Control-O/COSMOS takes the steps necessary to bring CICS down.