Categories and KPI Groups
BMC AMI Ops Insight monitors the following Categories and KPI groups:
Category | KPI Group | Resource type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Contention Delay caused by competition for system resources; for example suspends due to waits for locks or latches | Global Contention | Db2 | Activities related to the suspension due to global resource contention |
Local Contention | Db2 | Activities related to the local contention, such as suspension due to lock, latch contention | |
Page Plock Activity | Db2 | Activities related to the page p-lock request and contention | |
ENQUEUES | LPAR | Activities related to the total number of contention events that occurred during the measurement interval | |
| IMS Latch Contention | IMS | Activities related to IMS Latch Contention | |
| IMS TRXN Latch Wait Time | IMS | Activities related to IMS Transaction Time waiting for latch | |
| IMS TRXN Lock Wait Time | IMS | Activities related to IMS Transaction Time waiting for lock | |
CPU Amount of time spent on general processors and zIIP engines Related Resources | Db2 CPU Times for zIIP | Db2 | Activities related to the CPU usage on a zIIP CP for Db2 address spaces |
Db2 CPU Times for GP | Db2 | Activities related to CPU usage on a general CP for Db2 address spaces | |
IRLM CPU Times | Db2 | Activities related to CPU usage on a general CP for IRLM address spaces | |
CPU Busy CP | LPAR | Activities related to the average percentage of the online time that the general purpose logical processors were busy. | |
| CPU Busy zIIP | LPAR | Activities related to the average percentage of the online time that the zIIP processors were busy. | |
WLM CPU Capping Delay | LPAR | Activities related to the CPU Capping delay | |
WLM CPU Consumption SRB | LPAR | Activities related to the WLM SRB service units | |
WLM CPU Consumption TCB | LPAR | Activities related to the WLM CPU service units | |
WLM CPU Consumption zIIP | LPAR | Total service units on zIIPs by WLM importance | |
WLM CPU Consumption zIIP Redirect | LPAR | Total service units on CPs spent by zIIP eligible work by WLM importance | |
WLM CPU Delay | LPAR | Activities related to the CPU delay | |
IMS CPU Usage | IMS | Activities related to the CPU usage by IMS processing | |
| IMS TRXN CPU Usage | IMS | Activities related to the CPU usage by IMS regions type | |
| MVS CPU Usage | IMS | Activities related to the CPU usage by MVS | |
I/O Local Buffer Pool and Group Buffer Pool related read/write activities, and data set open/close activities Related Resources | Bufferpool Read | Db2 | Buffer pool read activities, such as synchronous read, asynchronous read, etc. |
Bufferpool Write | Db2 | Buffer pool write activities, such as pages written, synchronous writes, etc. | |
Dataset Activities | Db2 | Activities related to the data sets open/close | |
Dataset Usage | Db2 | Page sets in use and allocated | |
Group Bufferpool Castout | Db2 Data Sharing Group | Activities related to the process of writing pages from Group Buffer Pool to DASD | |
Group Bufferpool Read/Write | Db2 | Group Buffer Pool read and write activities, such as getpage requests, changed page written synchronously or asynchronously | |
IO Request | LPAR | Activities related to the number of I/O requests | |
WLM DASD I/O Request | LPAR | Activities related to the DASD I/O count | |
WLM DASD I/O Time | LPAR | Activities related to the DASD I/O connect time, wait time and disconnect time | |
WLM I/O Time | LPAR | Activities related to the I/O interrupt time | |
IMS DEDB I/O | IMS | Activities related to IMS DEDB I/O | |
| IMS DEDB I/O Resp | IMS | Activities related to IMS DEDB I/O Response Time | |
| IMS Fullfunction DB I/O | IMS | Activities related to IMS DB Fullfunction I/O | |
| IMS Fullfunction DB I/O Resp | IMS | Activities related to IMS DB Fullfunction I/O Response Time | |
| IMS OSAM POOL HIT RATIO | IMS | Activities related to IMS OSAM Pool | |
| IMS VSAM POOL HIT RATIO | IMS | Activities related to IMS VSAM Pool | |
| IMS TRXN DB I/O Time | IMS | Activities related to IMS Transaction Time waiting for I/O to IMS Database | |
Real Storage The physical storage availability and usage on the mainframe processor Related Resources | Auxiliary Usage Rate | Db2 | Activities related to the auxiliary storage usage by Db2 address space |
LPAR Paging Activity | LPAR | Paging activities on the LPAR | |
LPAR Real Storage Available | Db2 | The availability of the real storage | |
Real/Auxiliary Storage Usage | Db2 | Activities related to real and auxiliary storage usage by Db2 address spaces | |
IMS Paging Activity | IMS | Activities related to IMS Paging | |
| IMS Real Storage Usage | IMS | Activities related to IMS real storage usage | |
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 | Common Storage 64bit | Db2 | Activities related to the 64-bit Common Storage usage |
LPAR Common Storage 31bit | Db2 | Activities related to the 31-bit Common Storage usage | |
Shared Agent Storage | Db2 | Activities related to the working storage for user and system tasks | |
Shared Virtual Storage 64bit | Db2 | Activities related to the 64-bit shared storage in use | |
Virtual Storage DBM1 31bit | Db2 | Activities related to the 31-bit virtual storage usage for the DBM1 address space | |
Virtual Storage DBM1 64bit | Db2 | Activities related to the 64-bit virtual storage usage for the DBM1 address space | |
Virtual Storage DIST 31bit | Db2 | Activities related to the 31-bit virtual storage usage for the DIST address space | |
Virtual Storage DIST 64bit | Db2 | Activities related to the 64-bit virtual storage usage for the DIST address space | |
Virtual Storage IRLM | Db2 | Activities related to virtual storage usage for the IRLM address space | |
DLISAS Virtual Storage Usage | IMS | Activities related to DLISAS virtual storage usage | |
| IMS Pool Storage Usage | IMS | Activities related to IMS Pool Current Allocation | |
| IMSCTL Virtual Storage Usage | IMS | Activities related to IMS Control Region virtual storage usage | |
Workload Amount of work that the system processes during a given interval, also includes thread management Related Resources | DDF activities AR | Db2 | DDF activities initiated from this site to a remote site |
DDF activities AS | Db2 | DDF activities initiated from a remote site to this site | |
DML | Db2 | Activities related to the Data Manipulation Language requests to a Db2 subsystem | |
Global DDF Activity | Db2 | The general DDF activities, such as connections, database access threads (DBATs), etc. | |
IRLM Requests | Db2 | Activities related to the IRLM requests, such as locks, unlocks, query requests, also include claims and drains requests. | |
Log Read Activity | Db2 | Log manager log read activities, such as reading log records from the log output buffer | |
Log Write Activity | Db2 | Log manager log write activities, such as the log write requests, the log CI written | |
System Engine Counts | Db2 | Activities related to the number of system engines in the system | |
Thread Counts | Db2 | Activities related to the number of active allied threads, active and disconnected database access threads (DBATs) | |
Thread Management | Db2 | Activities related to Thread management, such as thread creation and thread termination | |
Throughput | Db2 | Activities related to the transactions that were completed in the given interval | |
XES Requests | Db2 | Activities related to the Coupling Facility requests | |
CF Activity | LPAR | Coupling facility activity based on synchronous and asynchronous requests, including locking requests and requests changed from asynchronous to synchronous | |
WLM Transaction Rate | LPAR | Activities related to the transaction completion and phase completion counts | |
| WLM Transaction Time | LPAR | Activities related to the transaction active, elapsed, and execution times | |
XCF Activity | LPAR | XCF activity based on numbers of signals sent and received, message too small conditions, and path not busy counts | |
XCF Time | LPAR | Activities related to the average I/O transfer time for inbound paths in the last minute of the reporting interval | |
BMP/JBP TRXN DLI Time | IMS | Activities related to the BMP Transaction DLI Time distribution Percentage | |
| BMP/JBP TRXN Time | IMS | Activities related to the BMP Transaction Time distribution Percentage | |
| IFP TRXN DLI Time | IMS | Activities related to the IFP Transaction DLI Time distribution Percentage | |
| IFP TRXN Time | IMS | Activities related to the IFP Transaction Time distribution Percentage | |
| IMS DLI CALL Resp | IMS | Activities related to IMS DLI Call Response | |
| IMS DLI TOTCALL | IMS | Activities related to IMS DLI Calls | |
| IMS Log Read/Write Activities | IMS | Activities related to IMS Logger Read/Write Activity | |
| IMS Message Queue | IMS | Activities related to the IMS Message count | |
| IMS Region Occupancy | IMS | Activities related to the IMS Region occupancy | |
| IMS Throughput | IMS | Activities related to IMS Throughput | |
| IMS TRXN Elapsed Time | IMS | Activities related to IMS Transaction Elapsed Time | |
| IMS TRXN Response Time | IMS | Activities related to MPR region Transaction Response Time | |
| IMS WADS Write Activities | IMS | Activities related to IMS WADS Write Activity | |
| MPR/JMP TRXN DLI Time | IMS | Activities related to the MPR/JMP Transaction DLI Time distribution Percentage | |
| MPR/JMP TRXN Time | IMS | Activities related to the MPR/JMP Transaction Time distribution Percentage |
Exception KPIs for Db2, z/OS, and IMS
| Db2 exceptions | Description |
|---|---|
| Q3STCTHW | The number of queued create thread requests |
| QBGL2F | The number of sec-GBP write failures due to a lack of coupling facility storage |
| QBGLWF | The number of GBP write failures due to a lack of coupling facility storage |
| QBSTDMC | The number of times the data manager critical threshold DMTH was reached |
| QBSTLPL | The number of times that one or more pages were added to the LPL |
| QBSTREE | The total number of times a prefetch was disabled because of an unavailable read engine |
| QBSTSPD | The number of times sequential prefetch was disabled because buffers were not available |
| QBSTXFL | The number of times a buffer could not be allocated because the virtual buffer pool is full |
| QDSTNCCW | The number of queued client connections whose TCP/IP socket were closed due to MAXCONQW being exceeded |
| QDSTNCQC | The number of queued client connections whose TCP/IP socket were closed due to MAXCONQN being exceeded |
| QDSTNQR2 | The current number of type 2 inactive or new connections that are queued waiting for a DBAT |
| QDSTQCRT | The number of connections that were rejected because the ZPARM limitation CONDBAT was reached |
| QDSTQDBT | The number of times a DBAT/connection was queued because the ZPARM limitation MAXDBAT was reached |
| QISECFAL | The number of failures because the Global Dynamic Statement Cache was full |
| QISEDFAL | Total number of failures because the DBD Pool above the 2GB bar was full |
| QJSTWTB | The number of waits caused by an unavailable output log buffer |
| QLSTFSEC | The number of failed security authentications |
| QLSTHCRSR | The number of with hold cursor is not close |
| z/OS exceptions | Description |
| R742PIBR | Normalized number of inbound signals refused due to the maximum message limit |
| R742PQLN | Normalized number of outbound signals pending transfer on the path |
| R742SNOP | Normalized number of no path conditions |
| R744FPBC | Normalized number of times the CF request failed due to the path being busy |
| IMS exceptions | Description |
| GIMSOIEXC | Number of regions with excess CPU usage |
| GIMSOIEXD | Number of regions with excess DLI calls |
| GIMSOIEXE | Number of classes with excess elapsed time |
| GIMSOIEXI | Number of classes with excess input queue time |
| GIMSOIEXO | Number of regions with excess occupancy time |
| GIMSOIEXS | Number of regions with excess SQL calls |
| GIMSOINSM | The average non-schedulable message count for this IMS |
| LSBUFR | Logger buffer wait rate |
| LTWTCTC | Total latch wait count since last checkpoint |
| LTWTTLC | Total latch wait time since last checkpoint |