JDBC connection pool counters

Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI) collects performance data for 4.0 and 5.0 Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) data sources. For a 4.0 data source, the data source name is used. For a 5.0 data source, the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) name is used.

The JDBC connection pool counters are used to monitor the performance of JDBC data sources. You can find the data by using the Tivoli performance viewer and looking under each appserver by click application_server > JDBC connection pool.

Note: With the instrumentation level set to anything other than MAX, the values may be less accurate for TimeStatistics and CountStatistics (and in the case of CountStatistics, such as numConnectionHandles, can even be negative). This is due to counters not being synchronized. Synchronizing counters is very expensive in terms of resources, so it is only done when the instrumentation level is set to MAX.

Counter definitions

Name Key Description Version Granularity Type Level
Num creates connectionPoolModule.numCreates The total number of connections created 3.5.5 and later Per connection pool CountStatistic Low
Pool size connectionPoolModule.poolSize The size of the connection pool 3.5.5 and later Per connection pool BoundedRangeStatistic High
Free pool size connectionPoolModule.freePoolSize The number of free connections in the pool 5.0 Per connection pool BoundedRangeStatistic High
Num allocates connectionPoolModule.numAllocates The total number of connections allocated 3.5.5 and later Per connection pool CountStatistic Low
Num returns connectionPoolModule.numReturns The total number of connections returned 4.0 and later Per connection pool CountStatistic Low
Concurrent waiters connectionPoolModule.concurrentWaiters The number of threads that are currently waiting for a connection 3.5.5 and later Per connection pool RangeStatistic High
Faults connectionPoolModule.faults The total number of faults, such as timeouts, in the connection pool 3.5.5 and later Per connection pool CountStatistic Low
Num closes connectionPoolModule.numDestroys The total number of connections closed. 3.5.5 and later Per connection pool CountStatistic Low
Avg wait time (ms) connectionPoolModule.avgWaitTime The average waiting time in milliseconds until a connection is granted 5.0 Per connection pool TimeStatistic Medium
Avg use time (ms) connectionPoolModule.avgUseTime The average time a connection is used (Difference between the time at which the connection is allocated and returned. This value includes the JDBC operation time.) 5.0 Per connection pool TimeStatistic Medium
Percent used connectionPoolModule.percentUsed The average percent of the pool that is in use 3.5.5 and later Per connection pool RangeStatistic High
Percent maxed connectionPoolModule.percentMaxed The average percent of the time that all connections are in use 3.5.5 and later Per connection pool RangeStatistic High
Prepared stmt cache discards connectionPoolModule.prepStmtCacheDiscards The total number of statements discarded by the least recently used (LRU) algorithm of the statement cache 4.0 and later Per connection pool CountStatistic Low
Num managed connections connectionPoolModule.numManagedConnections The number of ManagedConnection objects in use for a particular connection pool (applies to V5.0 DataSource objects only) 5.0 Per connection factory CountStatistic Low
Num connection handles connectionPoolModule.numConnectionHandles The number of Connection objects in use for a particular connection pool (apply to 5.0 DataSource only) 5.0 Per connection factory CountStatistic Low
JDBC time connectionPoolModule.jdbcOperationTimer The amount of time in milliseconds spent running in the JDBC driver (includes time spent in the JDBC driver, network, and database) 5.0 Per data source TimeStatistic Medium



Related reference
Performance data organization