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Categories and KPI Groups


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

Category

KPI Group

Description

Contention

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

Global Contention

Activities related to the suspension due to global resource contention

Local Contention

Activities related to the local contention, such as suspension due to lock, latch contention

Page Plock Activity

Activities 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

(LPAR-level only)

CPUAmount of time spent on general processors and zIIP engines

Db2 CPU Times for zIIP

Activities related to the CPU usage on a zIIP CP for Db2 address spaces

Db2 CPU Times for GP

Activities related to CPU usage on a general CP for Db2 address spaces

IRLM CPU Times

Activities 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. 
(LPAR-level only)

WLM CPU Capping Delay

Activities related to the CPU Capping delay

(LPAR-level only)

WLM CPU Consumption SRB

Activities related to the WLM SRB service units

(LPAR-level only)

WLM CPU Consumption TCB

Activities related to the WLM CPU service units

(LPAR-level only)

WLM CPU Consumption zIIP

Total service units on zIIPs by WLM importance

(LPAR-level only)

WLM CPU Consumption zIIP Redirect

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

(LPAR-level only)

WLM CPU Delay

Activities related to the CPU delay

(LPAR-level only)

I/O

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

Related Resources

Bufferpool Read

Buffer pool read activities, such as synchronous read, asynchronous read, etc.

Bufferpool Write

Buffer pool write activities, such as pages written, synchronous writes, etc.

Dataset Activities

Activities related to the data sets open/close

Dataset Usage

Pagesets in use and allocated

Group Bufferpool Castout

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

Group Bufferpool Read/Write

Group 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

(LPAR-level only)

WLM DASD I/O Request

Activities related to the DASD I/O count

(LPAR-level only)

WLM DASD I/O Time

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

(LPAR-level only)

WLM I/O Time

Activities related to the I/O interrupt time

(LPAR-level only)

Real Storage

The physical storage availability and usage on the mainframe processor

Auxiliary Usage Rate

Activities related to the auxiliary storage usage by Db2 address space

LPAR Paging Activity

Paging activities on the LPAR

(LPAR-level only)

LPAR Real Storage Available

The availability of the real storage

Real/Auxiliary Storage Usage

Activities 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

Common Storage 64bit

Activities related to the 64-bit Common Storage usage

LPAR Common Storage 31bit

Activities related to the 31-bit Common Storage usage

Shared Agent Storage

Activities related to the working storage for user and system tasks

Shared Virtual Storage 64bit

Activities related to the 64-bit shared storage in use

Virtual Storage DBM1 31bit

Activities related to the 31-bit virtual storage usage for the DBM1 address space

Virtual Storage DBM1 64bit

Activities related to the 64-bit virtual storage usage for the DBM1 address space

Virtual Storage DIST 31bit

Activities related to the 31-bit virtual storage usage for the DIST address space

Virtual Storage DIST 64bit

Activities 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

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

DML

Activities related to the Data Manipulation Language requests to a Db2 subsystem

Global DDF Activity

The general DDF activities, such as connections, database access threads (DBATs), etc.

IRLM Requests

Activities related to the IRLM requests, such as locks, unlocks, query requests, also include claims and drains requests.

Log Read Activity

Log manager log read activities, such as reading log records from the log output buffer

Log Write Activity

Log manager log write activities, such as the log write requests, the log CI written

System Engine Counts

Activities related to the number of system engines in the system

Thread Counts

Activities related to the number of active allied threads, active and disconnected database access threads (DBATs)

Thread Management

Thread management related activities, such as thread creation and thread termination

Throughput

Activities related to the transactions that were completed in the given interval

XES Requests

Activities 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

(LPAR-level only)

WLM Transaction Rate

Activities related to the transaction completion and phase completion counts

(LPAR-level only)

XCF Activity

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

(LPAR-level only)

XCF Time

 

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

(LPAR-level only)

 

 

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