Spotlight on IBM DB2 LUW (Linux, Unix, and Windows)
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Getting started with Spotlight on IBM DB2 LUW
Spotlight Basics
Required authority or privileges to run Spotlight
Setting up a connection profile
Calibrating your database
Archiving SQL statement data
Navigating between database, node, and instance home pages
Desktop features specific to Spotlight on IBM DB2 LUW
Understanding the home page
Database or database node home page
Instance home page
Spotlight on IBM DB2 LUW menus
Spotlight on IBM DB2 LUW toolbar
Spotlight on IBM DB2 LUW drilldowns
About Spotlight on IBM DB2 LUW drilldowns
Buffer Pool Analysis drilldown
Client Application Analysis drilldown
Spotlight on IBM DB2 LUW alarms
Client Application Analysis drilldown
Criteria Tab
Sub drilldown tabs
Database Analysis drilldown
Database Manager Summary drilldown
Diagnostic Log drilldown
FCM Analysis drilldown
Tablespace Analysis drilldown
Top SQL drilldown
Details tab
Caching tab
Sorting tab
I/O Activity tab
Locks tab
Lock Chains tab
Unit of Work tab
Authorities tab
Memory Pools tab
Statistics tab
WL Activities
Tasks specific to the Client Applications Analysis drilldown
Top SQL drilldown
Current SQL tab
Dynamic SQL tab
Static SQL tab
Sub drilldown tabs
Tasks specific to the Top SQL drilldown
Operating System drilldown
Workload Management Analysis drilldown
List of pre-defined alarms
Database or database node home page alarms
Spotlight on IBM DB2 LUW Options
Tuning SQL statements in Spotlight on IBM DB2 LUW
Database or database node home page alarms
Buffer Pool Index Hit Rate alarm
Buffer Pool Overall Hit Rate alarm
Catalog Cache Hit Rate alarm
Catalog Cache Overflows alarm
DMS Container Percentage alarm
DMS Utilization alarm
Log Container Percentage alarm
Log Utilization alarm
Package Cache Hit Rate alarm
Package Cache Overflows alarm
Lock List Utilization alarm
Percent of Sort Heap Threshold alarm
SMS Container Percentage alarm
SMS Utilization alarm
Sort Overflows alarm
Instance home page alarms
Instance home page alarms
Agents Pending Locks alarm
Agents Pending Token alarm
Agent Request Overflows alarm
HADR Missed Beats alarm
Hash Join Overflows alarm
Hash Join Small Overflows alarm
Hash Loops alarm
Piped Sort Rejects alarm
Post Threshold Hash Joins alarm
Post Threshold Sorts alarm
Sort Overflows alarm
Spotlight Connections
Spotlight History
Spotlight on Windows
Spotlight Connection Manager
Connection Properties
Monitor Spotlight Connections
Connection Properties - General Page
Connection Properties - Details Page
Connection Properties - Overhead Page
Custom Connection Performance
Migrate (Move And Share) Connections
Connection Templates
Spotlight Browser
Spotlight Home Pages
Spotlight Drilldown Pages
Spotlight Navigation
Pause / Resume / Refresh
Spotlight Favorites
Spotlight Slideshow
Connection Status bar
Calibrate Connections
Alarms
Spotlight Alarms
Spotlight Today
Alarms by Time
Alarm Log
Alarm Filters And Actions
Charts, Grids And Home Page Components
Alarm Filters
Ignore (Snooze) Alarms
Custom Filter Rules Dialog
Custom Filter Rules - Alarm Log Filter Dialog
Alarm Actions - Alarm Log Filter Dialog
Select the conditions for the alarm log rule
Alarm Metrics And Thresholds
Where the action is...
Where the alarm has (not) been active in the last n minutes
Where the alarm has (not) been snoozed
Where the alarm severity is...
Where the connection is...
Where the connection type is...
Where the control is...
Where the details contain...
Where the highest alarm for the connection is...
Where the value is...
Select the actions to perform
Charts
View | Options
About Spotlight Charts
Zoom in on Charts
Pan Over Zoomed Charts
Set the Chart View
Filter on the Data Series
Maximize and Restore Charts
Chart Properties - Chart Page
Chart Properties - Filtering Page
Grids
About Spotlight Grids
Find Text
Sort The Grid
Tree View
Show, Hide & Order Columns
Select Multiple Rows
Grid Properties - Options Page
Home Page Components
Restore Default Settings
Copy To Clipboard
Save To File
Print
Component Properties - Overhead Page
Configure Spotlight - View | Options
Alarms and notifications
Appearance
Data collection
Security
Start-up
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Connect to Windows Systems
Background Information
Home Page
Spotlight on Unix
Spotlight Home Page
System Panel
Network Panel
Event Log Panel
CPU Panel
Memory Panel
Paging Files Panel
Disks Panel
Files Panel
Alarms
Spotlight Alarms
Cache Reads Alarm
Cache Writes Alarm
Current Users Nearing Limit Alarm
Diagnose Single Application Alarm
Disk Alarm
Disk Reads Alarm
Disk Writes Alarm
Event Log Alarm
Logical Disk Statistics Alarm
Low Memory Alarm
Missing Performance Counters Alarm
Network Failure Alarm
Page Faults Alarm
Page File Location Alarm
Page Hits Alarm
Page Outs Alarm
Page Reads Alarm
Page Writes Alarm
Paging File Alarm
Paging File Disk Location Alarm
Percentage Bandwidth Alarm
Physical Memory Usage Alarm
Process CPU Utilization Alarm
Processor Queue Length Alarm
Read Hit Alarm
System Up Time Alarm
Total CPU Usage Alarm
Virtual Address Space Alarm
Virtual Memory Alarm
Windows CPU Alarm
WMI Statistics Alarm
Drilldowns
Spotlight Drilldowns
Processes Drilldown
CPUs Drilldown
Memory Drilldown
Disks Drilldown
View | Options
Troubleshooting
Logical Disk Activity Page
Physical Disk Activity Page
Logical Disk Space Usage Page
Disk Summary Page
File Sizes Page
Network Drilldown
Network Page
TCPIP Page
NBT Page
SPX Page
Sessions Page
Shares Page
Open Ports Page
cLAN Gigabit Page
Activity Summary
Event Log
Single Application
Alarm Log
Troubleshooting Spotlight on Windows
Issues Connecting
The Registry ... is not accessible.
Network Name (Path) Not Found
Connecting As The Logged-in User
WMI Connection Problems
Issues Monitoring A Windows Machine
Display Problems on The Home Page Disks Panel And Disk Drilldown
Display Problems on The Home Page Network Panel, Flows And Network Drilldown
The Processes Page And Process Affinity
Installing The SNMP Protocol
Spotlight on Windows License
Spotlight Home Page
Background Information
Connect to Unix Systems
Home Page
About us
Third-party contributions
Copyright
Spotlight Home Page
System Panel
CPU Panel
Memory Panel
Swap Space Panel
Network Panel
Disk Activity Panel
Alarms
Spotlight Alarms
Blocked Process Alarm
Input Error Packets Flow Alarm
Output Error Packets Flow Alarm
Page In Alarm
Page Out Alarm
Percentage Busy Alarm (Most Active Disk)
Swap Space Alarm
Swap In Flow Alarm
Swap Out Flow Alarm
Used Percentage Alarm
Zombie Processes Alarm
Drilldowns
Spotlight Drilldowns
Processes and Services
Activity Summary
Filesystems And Disk Information
Alarm Log
View | Options
Troubleshooting
Select Multiple Rows
On grids with the Select All and Clear All buttons you can select multiple rows in the grid.
| Click | To do this... |
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Select all rows |
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Clear all rows |
| CTRL + click | Select several individual rows (or clear rows already selected) |
| SHIFT + click | Select a range of rows |
Grid Properties - Options Page
To freeze the first column
When selected the first column will remain visible while you scroll through the columns of the table:
Right-click the grid header and select Freeze First column.
To word-wrap text
By default, Spotlight truncates text that is too long to fit in the space allocated to the column. To allow text to wrap onto multiple lines:
- Right-click the data content of the grid and select Properties | Options.
- Select Allow text to word-wrap onto multiple lines if it is wider than the column
Home Page Components
Spotlight Basics describes how Spotlight applications work. It contains these sections:
| Section |
Description |
|---|---|
| Spotlight Connections |
Create / Modify / Delete connections to systems, and monitor those systems. |
| Monitor Spotlight Connections | Monitor connections, detect alarms, investigate the cause of alarms. |
| Alarms |
Alarms are the warnings that Spotlight raises when a metric falls outside its "normal" range of values. |
| Charts, Grids and Home Page Components | Spotlight displays provide detailed statistics of the monitored system, relevant to diagnosing the cause of alarms. Make the best use of them. |
| View | Options | Customize Spotlight. |
| Troubleshooting | Solve problems using Spotlight. |
Spotlight Home Page Components
The components in the Spotlight home page are visual objects that correspond to important features of the system Spotlight is monitoring. Components can be of many different types, including buttons, gauges, data flows, queues, spinners, and containers.
Note: They change color to alert you to performance bottlenecks. Spotlight Alarms
| Component |
Description |
Component | Description |
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Button - Sometimes called a process icon. A Spotlight component that contains a single value that represents the state or existence of a process. |
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Data flow - Panels in the Spotlight home page may be connected to other panels by data flows that show the rate at which data is moving through a system. As the rate increases, so does the speed of the flow. |
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Gage - A Spotlight component that shows a measurement as a continuous range of possible values. |
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Queue - Spotlight component that shows a measurement as a range of discrete values. The globe at the end of the queue is an alarm indicator. |
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Container - A cylindrical component that fills up as the value it measures increases. Normally used to indicate file size or disk usage. |
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Spinner - Spotlight component that shows a measurement as a rotating wheel. The higher the value, the faster the speed of rotation. |
| Action | Description |
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| Hover the mouse over the component |
Opens information on the status of the component.
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Click on the component. |
Shows What's this help or performs other customized action. Balloon help |
| Right click on the component | What's this |
Opens information about the component in balloon help. If an alarm is raised on the component, then opens help for resolving the alarm. Spotlight Alarms |
| Right click on the component | Show History |
View the recent history of the component. Tips:
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| Right click on the component | Show Details | View a drilldown page for the component. Spotlight drilldown pages contain a detailed breakdown of the statistics used to diagnose the component. |
| Right click on the component | Snooze alarm |
Ignore (Snooze) Alarms Components with snoozed alarms are represented by |
| Right click on the component | Copy to Clipboard | Copy To Clipboard |
| Right click on the component | Restore Default Settings | You can change the appearance and behavior of Spotlight components. Restore Default Settings |
| Right click on the component | Metrics | |
| Right click on the component | Properties | |
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This icon indicates the diagnostic server is unable to collect the data required for the affected component. Click the icon for more information. |
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Data for this control is not available. (There are no alarms associated with this control.) Component Properties - Overhead Page |
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Data for this control is not available. (Alarms associated with the control are disabled.) Component Properties - Overhead Page |
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