Viewing event history
On the Historical Events page, you can view the history of events and exceptions for your system to see if you have any trends or common patterns that point to a recurring problem. To help you focus on what you need, you can filter the events and exceptions, and you can download the data for further analysis.
To see the Historical Events page, select Historical Events from the Events menu.
Important
The Historical page does not refresh automatically. To refresh the page, click Refresh 
.
Historical Events
The following information is displayed on the Historical Events:
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Sysplex | Sysplex where the event occurred |
LPAR | LPAR where the event occurred For Db2 Data Sharing Group-level events, a dash is displayed here. |
Db2 Data Sharing Group | Db2 Data Sharing Group where the event occurred or Db2 Data Sharing Group of the Db2 subsystem on which the event occurred |
Db2 Subsystem | Db2 Subsystem where the event occurred For Db2 data sharing group-level events, a dash is displayed here. Events that include Exceptions are indicated by a red dot. |
Event ID | Unique ID of the event The Event ID is made up of the Db2 Subsystem name, the Db2 Data Sharing Group , and a timestamp. |
Event Type | Event type of event, such as LPAR or Db2 Subsystem |
Event Category | Event category of the event ID, such as Workload, I/O, and Contention Category can appear any time during the event duration. |
Event Start | Time and date when the event started |
Event End | Time and date when the event ended |
Total Duration | Amount of time the event lasted |
To filter historical events
You can filter the data displayed on the Historical page to show you more focused information as follows:
- Click Filter (
) next to a heading. - Select the criteria for which you want to see events.
To view event summary
In the Action (
) column of the table, click the three dots and select View Event Summary. A summary of the event is displayed. For more information, see Viewing-Event-Summary-report.
To view details of an event classification
In the Action () column of the table, click the three dots and select View Event Classification. The details of the event are displayed in the same way as on the Active Events page. For more information, see Investigating-events.
To view an event within the Timeline
In the Action () column of the table, click the three dot sand select View within Timeline. The event is shown on the Timeline of the System Status page, highlighted by a pulsing grey border. If the event lasted for a while, you are taken to the beginning of the event.
For details about viewing events on the timeline, see Viewing-system-status.
To download historical data
To download a CSV file of data for the events displayed on the Historical page, click 
.
To view Exceptions associated with the event
In the Action () column of the table, click the three dots and select View Associated Exceptions. The Historical - Exceptions tab is displayed with the Exceptions that are associated with this event.
Exceptions
The Exceptions page displays exceptions that are part of closed events and the exceptions that are not associated with an event. Exceptions for events that are still open are not displayed.
The Exceptions page includes the following:
- z/OS Exceptions–Exceptions on LPAR/Sysplex-level KPIs
- Db2 Exceptions–Exceptions on Db2-level KPIs
The following information is displayed:
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Sysplex | (z/OS Exceptions only) Sysplex where the Exception occurred |
LPAR | (z/OS Exceptions only) LPAR where the Exception occurred |
Db2 Subsystem | (Db2 Exceptions only) Db2 Subsystem on which the Exception occurred |
Db2 Data Sharing Group | (Db2 Exceptions only) Db2 Data Sharing Group on which the Exception occurred |
KPI | KPI of the Exception |
Event ID | Unique ID of the event (if the Exception was part of an event) The Event ID consists of the Db2 Subsystem name, the Db2 Data Sharing Group, and a timestamp. |
Description | Description of the cause of the Exception |
First Detected | Time and date when the exception was detected |
To filter historical Exceptions
You can filter the data displayed on the Historical page to show you more focused information as follows:
- Click Filter () next to a heading.
- Select the criteria for which you want to see exceptions.
To disable or enable monitoring of specific Exceptions, see Handling-Exceptions.
To view details of an event
In the Action () column of the table, click the three dots and select View Details. The details of the event are displayed in the same way as on the Active Events page. For more information, see Investigating-events.
To view an event on the timeline
In the Action ()column of the table, click the three dots and select View within Timeline. The event is shown on the Timeline of the System Status page, highlighted by a pulsing grey border. If the event lasted for a while, you are taken to the beginning of the event. You might not see the time when the Exception occurred.
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