The status of a monitor determines what actions you can perform. Table 1 identifies the status values required to enable or disable a monitor by invoking the Change Monitor Status (CHGMONSTS) command.
For monitors defined to a group monitor, status determines whether the monitors participate in group decisions. The ability to change status is useful for preventing or ensuring participation by members of a group. A monitor is a member of a group when the value specified on its Monitor group parameter (MONGRP) matches the name of an existing group monitor (event class of *GROUP).