System monitors

 

You can work with system monitors to view the metrics and current values being monitored, as well as the top 20 items (jobs, disk units, and so forth) that make up the metric value. You can also work with jobs listed in the monitor (display details, hold, release, and end).

Select the System monitors link to display a list of all your active system monitors (any monitors that are stopped are not shown). If any monitors failed or are triggered, an exclamation point or bell appears next to the monitor.

When you select a monitor, it shows all systems where that monitor is running, and if you select a system, it shows you all metrics in that monitor and the values for the selected system.

When you see and select the metric you are interested in, it shows you the top 20 items for that metric value. For example, if you select CPU average, it shows you the top 20 jobs that use the most CPU. Or, if you select Disk utilization, it shows you the top 20 disk units that have the highest disk utilization.

In Management Central, multiple users can share system monitors. When using iSeries™ Navigator for Wireless, you can view all shared monitors, not just the system monitors that you have created. Figure 1. Viewing system monitor metrics on a wireless device

An Internet-ready telephone running iSeries Navigator for Wireless superimposed in front of a system monitor GUI window

From the list of jobs, you can also select a job to see details, and you can work with that job by selecting Hold, Release, or End.

You can refresh each page to refresh the list at any time. You can also select Home to display an updated summary page.

Because display size is minimal, the system monitor metric names are shortened. The following table describes what iSeries Navigator for Wireless displays for each system monitor metric name.

 

Monitor metric names in iSeries Navigator for Wireless

System monitor metric names iSeries Navigator for Wireless name Unit of measure
CPU Utilization (Average) CPU avg % busy
CPU Utilization (Interactive Jobs) CPU int jobs % busy
CPU Utilization (Interactive Feature) CPU int feature %
CPU Utilization Basic (Average) CPU basic % busy
CPU Utilization (Secondary Workloads) CPU 2nd workload %
CPU Utilization (Database Capability) CPU DB %
Interactive Response Time (Average) Int resp avg Seconds
Interactive Response Time (Maximum) Int resp max Seconds
Transaction Rate (Average) Trans rate avg Transactions per second
Transaction Rate (Interactive) Trans rate int Transactions per second
Batch Logical Database I/O Batch DB IO IO/second
Disk Arm Utilization (Average) Disk util avg % busy
Disk Arm Utilization (Maximum) Disk util max % busy
Disk Storage (Average) Disk stg avg % full
Disk Storage (Maximum) Disk stg max % full
Disk IOP Utilization (Average) Disk IOP avg % busy
Disk IOP Utilization (Maximum) Disk IOP max % busy
Communications IOP Utilization (Average) Comm IOP avg % busy
Communications IOP Utilization (Maximum) Comm IOP max % busy
Communications Line Utilization (Average) Comm line avg % busy
Communications Line Utilization (Maximum Comm line max % busy
LAN Utilization (Average) LAN avg % busy
LAN Utilization (Maximum) LAN max % busy
Machine Pool Faults Mch pool fault Faults per second
User Pool Faults (Average) Usr pool fault avg Faults per second
User Pool Faults (Maximum) Usr pool fault max Faults per second

 

Parent topic:

Viewing and interacting with monitors

 

Related concepts


Job monitors
Message monitors