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
Chart Properties - Chart Page
You can edit the visual properties of the charts displayed in Spotlight.
To set chart properties
- Right-click the chart and select Properties | Chart.
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Configure as appropriate:
Option Description Name Select the chart to configure. Applicable when the chart name is selectable. Chart style
Select a style for the chart.
Notes:
- You can use a Summary chart to view the statistics on how the charted data varies over time, including details on average, maximum, and minimum values. The percentile range (10% to 90%) shows the spread that contains 80% of all values in the chart.
- You can use a Histogram to sort data into ranges of values. The horizontal axis shows the distribution of data across those ranges. The vertical axis shows the number of items in each range. (A current data histogram displays the most recent data collected; a trend histogram displays an average of the data collected over the available history of the chart.)
- Any charts under the Other views heading (as in the Sample item here) are specific to individual Spotlight applications.
- Some charts that show task or status data may be drawn as Gantt charts. These are custom-coded charts and cannot be displayed in other styles.
Arrange by
Applicable when the Chart style is set to Bar or Pie.
- Select to arrange the data in Name or Value order.
Include legend in chart
Select to show the legend associated with the chart. Not all charts have a legend.
Series are stacked
Applicable when the Chart style is set to Area.
- Select to plot the cumulative values of the different series.
- Clear to superimpose the different series on the same set of axes.
Manual scaling
Minimum value
Maximum valueSelect Manual Scaling to set the scaling factor for the chart in the Minimum value and Maximum value fields.
Clear Manual Scaling to accept Spotlight's default scaling of the chart.
Chart Properties - Filtering Page
A Spotlight chart may contain multiple graphs representing separate data series from multiple data sources. You can filter the chart so that it shows only the data series that you want to see.
Spotlight supplies a set of filters that you can use, but if none of the standard filters are suitable for your chart, you can design a custom filter.
To set a custom filter on a chart
- Right-click the chart and select Properties | Filtering.
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Configure as appropriate:
Option Description Name
Select the chart to configure. Applicable when the chart name is selectable.
Show all items
Select to display all current data series.
For example, if a system has the multiple disks C:, D:, E:, and F:, the relevant disk usage chart displays the disk usage statistic for all four disks.
Show only the top items
Select to display the most significant data series.
Select the number of data series to show from the associated drop down list.
Show the following items
Select to choose the data series to show.
Select the data series to show from the associated list. Note also the associated Select all and Clear all buttons.
Grids
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. |
About Spotlight Grids
A table or grid shows values in tabular form. The grid component is used in Spotlight alarms and drilldowns.
Actions common to Spotlight grids
Notes:
- Not all items are available with all grids.
- If not all the grid can be seen all at the one time then scroll bars allow you to choose the visible portion.
| Click | Description |
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Find Text |
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Alarms: Alarm Filters. |
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Tree View |
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Select Multiple Rows |
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Select Multiple Rows |
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Save To File |
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Copy To Clipboard |
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Show, Hide & Order Columns |
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Sort the Grid |
| Right click the table body and select What's This? | View help specific to the gird. |
| Right click the table body and select Print | |
| Right click the table body and select Restore Default Settings | Restore Default Settings |
| Right click the table body and select View as Chart. | View the data in a Spotlight chart. About Spotlight Charts |
| Right click the table body and select Properties. | Freeze the first column or word-wrap text. Grid Properties - Options Page |
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If the diagnostic server is unable to collect the data required, Spotlight displays a small icon on the affected component. Click the icon to see more information about the problem. |
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Pause / Resume / Refresh |