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Spotlight on DB2 6.9.3 - User Guide

Spotlight on IBM DB2 LUW (Linux, Unix, and Windows)
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Spotlight Browser

Use the Spotlight browser to view the details of your Spotlight connections. The browser contains a number of connection groups, each of which can be opened by clicking on its bar within the browser:

Option

Description

Welcome to Spotlight

View Spotlight's introductory page and web pages of interest to Spotlight users.

Live connections

View the Spotlight connections currently being monitored by Spotlight.
All connections View all Spotlight connections (open or closed). The connections are displayed in tree form with connection types as the topmost branches, and individual connections as the child branches of each type.
History Browser

View historical snapshots for the current Spotlight connection.

Note: The History Browser may be hidden until you select View | History browser.

Notes:

  • To hide the Spotlight browser click or View | Navigation Tree.
  • You can customize the appearance of the Spotlight Browser. Navigation tree

 

Related Topics

Spotlight Connection Manager

Welcome to Spotlight

Welcome to Spotlight is the first page you see when you start Spotlight. New Spotlight users can use this page to discover and experiment with various Spotlight features.

Action Description
Open the Welcome to Spotlight page From the Spotlight Browser, select Welcome to Spotlight | Welcome to Spotlight.
Open web pages of interest to Spotlight users

From the Spotlight Browser, select Welcome to Spotlight | Spotlight on the Web | Web Site.

Toolbar buttons on Spotlight on the Web

Click Description
Navigate to the previous page in the web browsing sequence.
Navigate to the next page in the web browsing sequence.
Stop downloading the web page.
Refresh (Reload) the web page.
Return to the page selected from the Spotlight Browser.

 

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Live connections

History Browser

Live connections

View the Spotlight connections that are currently monitored by Spotlight.

Action

Description

Select / Click the connection

The Spotlight menus and toolbar adjust to the selected connection. The last viewed page for this connection opens.

Note: The name of the connection takes on the color of the most urgent severity now active for the connection. Spotlight Alarms

Right click | view

Sort the list of connections:

  • Sort by Name - Sort alphabetically.
  • Sort by Severity - Sort according to the severity of alarms currently raised for each connection.
Right click | Disconnect Stop monitoring this connection.
Right click | Browse History Open the History browser for the connection. View snapshots of the system as it operated in the past. History Browser
Right click | View Alarm Log View the Alarm log for the connection. Alarm log
Right click | View Alarms by Time View Alarms by Time for the connection. Alarms by Time
Right click | Properties

View properties for the connection.

Note: Most fields cannot be modified while the connection is open.

Notes:

  • The color of the Spotlight browser Show / Hide button reflects the highest current severity raised by connections in Live connections.
  • To stop monitoring a connection, select the connection and click File | Disconnect.

  • You can start monitoring a connection in the Spotlight Browser. All connections

 

Related Topics

Welcome to Spotlight

History Browser

All connections

View all Spotlight connections (open or closed) defined in the Spotlight Connection Manager.

Action

Description

Click on the connection type List all connections defined for this connection type.

Click on the connection

Start monitoring the connection. This opens the connection in Live connections.

Right click | Connection Manager Open the Spotlight Connection Manager. Spotlight Connection Manager
Right click | Browse History Open the History browser for the connection. View snapshots of the system as it operated in the past. History Browser
Right click | View Alarm Log View the Alarm log for the connection. Alarm log
Right click | View Alarms by Time View Alarms by Time for the connection. Alarms by Time
Right click | Properties

View properties for the connection.

Note: Most fields cannot be modified while the connection is open.

 

Related Topics

Welcome to Spotlight

All connections

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