Categories and KPI Groups

BMC AMI Ops Insight monitors the following Categories and KPI groups:

CategoryKPI GroupDescription

Contention

Delay caused by competition for system resources; for example suspends due to waits for locks or latches

Related Resources

Analyzing lock contention Open link

Analyzing global lock contention Open link

Analyzing lock usage without tracing LOCK events Open link

Global ContentionActivities related to the suspension due to global resource contention
Local ContentionActivities related to the local contention, such as suspension due to lock, latch contention
Page Plock ActivityActivities related to the page p-lock request and contention
ENQUEUES

Activities related to the total number of contention events that occurred during the measurement interval

(Sysplex-level only)

CPU

Amount of time spent on general processors and zIIP engines

Related Resources

CPU times (BSTATDR) Open link

CPU usage monitors (area = WKLD) Open link

Db2 CPU Times for zIIPActivities related to the CPU usage on a zIIP CP for Db2 address spaces
Db2 CPU Times for GPActivities related to CPU usage on a general CP for Db2 address spaces
IRLM CPU TimesActivities related to CPU usage on a general CP for IRLM address spaces
CPU Busy CP

Activities related to the average percentage of the online time that the general purpose logical processors were busy. 
(Sysplex-level only)

WLM CPU Capping Delay

Activities related to the CPU Capping delay

(Sysplex-level only)

WLM CPU Consumption SRB

Activities related to the WLM SRB service units

(Sysplex-level only)

WLM CPU Consumption TCB

Activities related to the WLM CPU service units

(Sysplex-level only)

WLM CPU Consumption zIIP

Total service units on zIIPs by WLM importance

(Sysplex-level only)

WLM CPU Consumption zIIP Redirect

Total service units on CPs spent by zIIP eligible work by WLM importance

(Sysplex-level only)

WLM CPU Delay

Activities related to the CPU delay

(Sysplex-level only)

I/O

Local Buffer Pool and Group Buffer Pool related read/write activities, and data set open/close activities

Related Resources

Buffer pool monitors Open link

Bufferpool ReadBuffer pool read activities, such as synchronous read, asynchronous read, etc.
Bufferpool WriteBuffer pool write activities, such as pages written, synchronous writes, etc.
Dataset ActivitiesActivities related to the data sets open/close
Dataset UsagePagesets in use and allocated
Group Bufferpool Castout

Activities related to the process of writing pages from Group Buffer Pool to DASD

Group Bufferpool Read/WriteGroup Buffer Pool read and write activities, such as getpage requests, changed page written synchronously or asynchronously
IO Request

Activities related to the number of I/O requests

(Sysplex-level only)

WLM DASD I/O Request

Activities related to the DASD I/O count

(Sysplex-level only)

WLM DASD I/O Time

Activities related to the DASD I/O connect time, wait time and disconnect time

(Sysplex-level only)

WLM I/O Time

Activities related to the I/O interrupt time

(Sysplex-level only)

Real Storage

The physical storage availability and usage on the mainframe processor

Related Resources

Viewing DB2 DBM1 storage usage Open link

Auxiliary Usage RateActivities related to the auxiliary storage usage by Db2 address space
LPAR Paging Activity

Paging activities on the LPAR

(Sysplex-level only)

LPAR Real Storage AvailableThe availability of the real storage
Real/Auxiliary Storage UsageActivities related to real and auxiliary storage usage by Db2 address spaces

Virtual Storage

Virtual storage usage for DBM1, DIST, and IRLM address spaces, and shared storage usage, including working storage for user and system tasks

Related Resources

Virtual storage—pool details (BSTATSTX) Open link

EDM pool monitors Open link

Common Storage 64bitActivities related to the 64-bit Common Storage usage
LPAR Common Storage 31bitActivities related to the 31-bit Common Storage usage
Shared Agent StorageActivities related to the working storage for user and system tasks
Shared Virtual Storage 64bitActivities related to the 64-bit shared storage in use
Virtual Storage DBM1 31bitActivities related to the 31-bit virtual storage usage for the DBM1 address space
Virtual Storage DBM1 64bitActivities related to the 64-bit virtual storage usage for the DBM1 address space
Virtual Storage DIST 31bitActivities related to the 31-bit virtual storage usage for the DIST address space
Virtual Storage DIST 64bitActivities related to the 64-bit virtual storage usage for the DIST address space
Virtual Storage IRLM

Activities related to virtual storage usage for the IRLM address space

Workload

Amount of work that the system processes during a given interval, also includes thread management

Related Resources

Analyzing the Db2 workload Open link

Analyzing thread history Open link

DDF activities AR

DDF activities initiated from this site to a remote site

DDF activities AS

DDF activities initiated from a remote site to this site

DMLActivities related to the Data Manipulation Language requests to a Db2 subsystem
Global DDF ActivityThe general DDF activities, such as connections, database access threads (DBATs), etc.
IRLM RequestsActivities related to the IRLM requests, such as locks, unlocks, query requests, also include claims and drains requests.
Log Read ActivityLog manager log read activities, such as reading log records from the log output buffer
Log Write ActivityLog manager log write activities, such as the log write requests, the log CI written
System Engine CountsActivities related to the number of system engines in the system
Thread CountsActivities related to the number of active allied threads, active and disconnected database access threads (DBATs)
Thread ManagementThread management related activities, such as thread creation and thread termination
ThroughputActivities related to the transactions that were completed in the given interval
XES RequestsActivities related to the Coupling Facility requests
CF Activity

Coupling facility activity based on synchronous and asynchronous requests, including locking requests and requests changed from asynchronous to synchronous

(Sysplex-level only)

WLM Transaction Rate

Activities related to the transaction completion and phase completion counts

(Sysplex-level only)

XCF Activity

XCF activity based on numbers of signals sent and received, message too small conditions, and path not busy counts

(Sysplex-level only)

XCF Time


Activities related to the average I/O transfer time for inbound paths in the last minute of the reporting interval

(Sysplex-level only)



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