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Foglight for DB2 (Cartridge) 5.9.4.20 - User Guide

Table of Contents

Introduction to Foglight for DB2 LUW

Upgrading to the Current Version Overview Running the Upgrade Wizard

Using Foglight for DB2 LUW

Viewing the Databases Dashboard

Assigning Instances to Users Selecting an Instance to Monitor

Filtering the Display by Severity Creating User-defined Database Groups Components Shared by All Foglight for DB2 LUW Screens Using the Currently Selected Database Group Table

Adding and Configuring Agents

Understanding the Foglight for DB2 LUW Architecture Configuring the On Demand Port on the Agent Manager Concentrator Configuring Foglight for DB2 LUW Monitoring Agents

Administering Foglight for DB2 LUW

Opening the Databases Administration Dashboard Reviewing the Administration Settings Adding or Editing OS Credentials

Using Existing Host Credentials as OS Credentials Creating or Editing OS Credentials

Defining Data Collection Options Customizing Alarms for Foglight for DB2 LUW Rules

Introducing the Alarms View Setting and Modifying Alarm Sensitivity Levels Modifying Alarm Settings Configuring Email Notifications Cloning Agent Settings Reviewing Rule Definitions

Adding User-defined Collections On-demand Data Port Database Connection Details

Setting credentials and instance properties

Exploring DB2 Database Performance Metrics

Instance Homepage Database Homepage

Using the Database Homepage Toolbar Activity Panel Memory Panel Storage Panel Diagnostic Log Panel Initialization Parameters Panel

Member Overview Homepage Member (Real Time) Homepage

Reporting on Your DB2 Environment

About the Foglight for DB2 LUW Reports

Dashboards and Views

Databases Dashboard

Database Alarms Database Environment Tiles Databases Instances View Database Cue Card

Instance home page

How to Get Here Summary Memory Drill-down

Database home page

How to Get Here Summary SQL Performance Activity Drill-downs Memory Drill-downs Storage Drill-downs Tablespaces Tablespaces Buffer Pool Activities Log Drill-down Configuration Drill-down

Member Overview home page

How to Get Here Summary

Member (Real Time) home page

How to Get Here Summary

Collections and Metrics

CF Locks Collection CF Memory Pools Collection CF Resource Usage Collection Current Agents Details Collection Agents Summary Collection Current Locks Wait Collection Database Bufferpools Summary PS Collection Database Configuration Collection Database Tablespaces Collection Database Tablespaces Summary Collection Database Usability Collection Database Parameters Collection Database Instance Parameters Collection Database Instance Registry Variables Collection Database Tablespaces BP Collection FCM Activity Collection FS DB Storage Collection FS DB Storage Summary Collection FS Instance Storage Collection FS Storage Collection FS Storage Summary Collection General Activity Collection HADR Activity Collection Host Properties Collection OS General Collection Instance Activity Collection Instance General Collection Instance Nodes Collection Instance Usability Collection IO Activity Collection License Details Collection Log Activity Collection Log File Collection Log Message Collection Messages Count Collection Monitor Switches Collection OS DB2 General Process Collection Partition Tablespaces Summary Collection Partition Usability Collection pureScale Alerts Collection Top SQLs Collection Query Agents Details Collection Database Partition Activity Collection DB2 Partition Subcategories Wait Collection History Locks Wait Collection History Locks Summary Collection Instance Memory Collection Instance Memory Pool Collection Instance Memory Summary Collection Instance Memory Total Collection Database Memory Collection Database Memory Pool Collection Database Memory Pool DB Collection Database Memory Summary Collection Database Memory Total Collection Database Buffer Pools Collection Database Tables Collection Database Partition Backup Collection Database Tables Global Collection Database Applications Collection

Monitor Switches Collection

The following table provides a list of the Monitor Switches metrics that are collected, and a description for each.


Metric	Description
INSTANCE_NAME	The name of the monitored instance.
DBPARTITIONNUM	The database partition from which the data was retrieved for this row.
UOW_SW_STATE	The state (0 or 1) of the unit of work monitor recording switch.
STATEMENT_SW_STATE	The state (0 or 1) of the STATEMENT recording switch.
LOCK_SW_STATE	The state (0 or 1) of the LOCK recording switch.
SORT_SW_STATE	The state (0 or 1) of the SORT recording switch.
TABLE_SW_STATE	The state (0 or 1) of the TABLE recording switch.
BUFFERPOOL_SW_STATE	The state (0 or 1) of the BUFFERPOOL recording switch.
TIMESTAMP_SW_STATE	The state (0 or 1) of the TIMESTAMP recording switch.

OS DB2 General Process Collection

The following table provides a list of the OS DB2 General Process metrics that are collected, and a description for each.


Metric	Description
DATABASE	The name of the monitored database.
PARTITION#	The partition number.
ALL_AGENTS_MEMORY_USAGE_INSTANCE	The entire agents process memory consumption, both RAM resident and swapped.
ALL_AGENTS_MEMORY_USAGE_DATABASE	The entire agents process memory consumption, both RAM resident and swapped.
ALL_AGENTS_CPU_UTILIZATION	The overall CPU utilization (%) of the DB2 agents.
NON_DB2_CPU_UTILIZATION	The overall CPU consumption not associated with the monitored DB2 database partition (background and foreground processes).
BALANCE_DB2_CPU_USAGE	The balance of CPU usage between all monitored partitions.
BALANCE_DB2_MEMORY_USAGE	The balance of memory usage (%) between all monitored partitions.
ALL_AGENTS_MEMORY_USAGE_TOTAL	The overall monitored DB2 MEMORY usage (MB).
ALL_AGENTS_MEMORY_USAGE_ UTILIZATION	The overall monitored DB2 MEMORY utilization (%), which is the amount of memory used by DB2, as a percentage of the DB2 host’s configured memory.

Partition Tablespaces Summary Collection

The following table provides a list of the Partition Tablespaces Summary metrics that are collected, and a description for each.


Metric	Description
DBPARTITIONNUM	The partition number.
OVERALL_FIXED_TABLESPACE_TOTAL_SIZE_MB	The total size (in MB) of the fixed DMS tablespaces.
OVERALL_FIXED_TABLESPACE_USED_SIZE_MB	The overall fixed DMS tablespace size (in MB) used.
OVERALL_FIXED_TABLESPACE_ UTILIZATION	The overall utilization (%) of the disk space that is allocated for use by DB2 fixed-size tablespaces.
OVERALL_AUTO_TABLESPACE_USED_SIZE_MB	The overall total size (in MB) of the tablespaces used.
OVERALL_AUTO_TABLESPACE_UTILIZATION	The overall utilization (%) of the file system space that is available for DB2, for carrying out auto storage tablespace operations.
OVERALL_TOTAL_SIZE_MB	The total allocated size (in MB) of all the tablespaces in the partition.
OVERALL_USED_SIZE_MB	The overall used size (in MB) of all the tablespaces.
BALANCE_OVERALL_USED_SIZE_MB	The balance of storage used across the partitions. This metric shows the level of balance the DB2 has, in terms of storage capacity, across its partitions.
OVERALL_TOTAL_USED_SPACE_DELTA	The space used by the delta of all the tablespaces.
OVERALL_TOTAL_USED_SPACE_DELTA_ RATE	The used space delta per second.
AUTO_STORAGE_STATE	The auto storage state. Values: 0 — Fixed 1 — Auto 0,1 — Both

Partition Usability Collection

The following table provides a list of the Partition Usability metrics that are collected, and a description for each.


Metric	Description
INSTANCE	The name of the monitored instance.
PARTITION_NUMBER	The partition number.
PARTITION_HOST_NAME	The partition host name.
PARTITION_AVAILABILITY	The availability of the partition, which reflects the instance usability.
ERROR_MSG_OBS	Indicates the error message received while attempting to connect to the database.
OS_CONNECT_AVAILABILITY	Indicates the OS connect availability with the associated OS credential. Values: 0 — Connection to the remote host failed. 100 — Connection to the remote host succeeded.
OS_CONNECTION_TIME	The average duration (in milliseconds) for performing a single connection to the database.

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