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IMS metrics provided by views


The following metrics are available in the 

MainView for IMS Online

 views. For information about using this table, see How-to-use-the-metric-tables.

Before you create alarms based on these metrics, review the best practices for alarms in Manage-application-exceptions.

Following figure does not provide recommended view filters. However, you can specify filters to focus a view on a particular application, especially if the application resources, for example, transactions, databases, and programs, use a similar naming convention. If you specify filters, be sure to update the filters to reflect changes in the application, and reapply the filters after the installation of product maintenance or new product versions.


Metric

Indicates

View name

Field name

Element name

Recommended view filter

Recommended field threshold (adjust for site-specific processing)

Class A - Availability metrics

Database status

The status of critical databases

IDBEXCP

DBD/PART Name

PA7DBDNM

none

PA7DBDNM = *

DEDB area

The status of critical DEDB areas

IFPSUMR

Status 1

PA8STAT1

none

PA8STAT1 'OPENED'

IMS regions

That no message regions are available

IMSRGNSR

MPP Regions

IMSRGMPP

none

IMSRGMPP < 1

That no Fast Path regions are available

IMSRGNSR

IFP Regions

IMSRGFPS

none

IMSRGFPS < 1

MainView for IMS Online PAS

The PAS to CAS communications is not active, or the PAS is not active

PLEX

Status

STATUS

none

STATUS 'ACTIVE'

MSC logical link

Status of link

IMCLLNKR

Logical Link Status

MSLKSTAT

none

MSLKSTAT NOT IN('*PSTP*', '*IWAT*', '*NOPN*','*COLD*')

MSC physical link

Status of link

IMCPLNKR

PLink Status

MSPLKSTA

none

MSPLKSTA NOT IN('PSTOPPED')

OTMA connection status

The status of the OTMA connection

The IMS OTMA client is a communications link between the control region and external drivers of IMS transactions. The link must be active for the application to be available.

IOTMASUM

Connection Status

CONSTAT

none

CONSTAT NOT IN ('ENABLED', ACCEPT*)

Program status

Programs that have an exception status

IPGEXCP

Program Name

PRGMNAME

none

PRGMNAME = *

Transaction status

Transactions that have an exception status

ITREXCP

Tran Code

TRANCODE

none

TRANCODE = *

Class B - Performance metrics

IMS Connect work unit

Work unit delay

IRGNICSM

Session / Time

ICONTIME

none

ICONTIME > 2

Lock waits

This metric is provided by a monitor. See IMS-metrics-provided-by-monitors.

Message processing

Whether the message processing rate is within the site-defined threshold

IMSPLXGR

Process Rate

IMSORRTE

none

IMSORRTE > site-defined threshold

IMSORRTE< site-defined threshold

Messages queued

Messages are queued and waiting to be processed

These view fields are hidden and can be displayed by customizing the view.

IMSDSHOR

FF Queue

IMSFFMSQ

none

IMSFFMSQ > 60

IMSDSHOR

FastPath Queue

IMSFPMSQ

none

IMSFPMSQ > 60

IMSDSHOR

BMP Queue

IMSBMMSQ

none

IMSBMMSQ > 60

Region occupancy

Percentage of time the region is busy processing or scheduling transactions

IRGOCCR

Rgn Occ

RGNOROCC

none

RGNOROCC > 80

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