Default Parameters for Db2DPFSQLNetTest

The Database Partitioning Feature (DPF) is available on DB2 UDB Enterprise Server Edition (ESE). With DPF your database is scalable as you can add new machines and spread your database across them. This means more CPUs, more memory and more disks from each of the additional machines for your database! DB2 UDB ESE with DPF is ideal to manage data warehousing, data mining and online analytical processing (OLAP) workloads. It can also work well with online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads.

When a database is partitioned, you split your database into different independent parts, each consisting of its own data, configuration files, indexes and transaction logs. Each of these parts is a database partition. You can assign multiple partitions to a single physical machine. These are called ‘logical partitions’ and they share the resources of the machine.When a database is partitioned, you split your database into different independent parts, each consisting of its own data, configuration files, indexes and transaction logs. Each of these parts is a database partition. You can assign multiple partitions to a single physical machine. These are called ‘logical partitions’ and they share the resources of the machine. Db2DPFSQLNetTest test reports the availability and responsiveness of the server, and collects statistics pertaining to the traffic into and out of the database server.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the Db2DPFSQLNetTest.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

• To monitor Db2 UDB database server, the eG agent should be configured with the credentials of a user with any of the following privileges SYSADM or SYSCTRL or SYSMAINT or SYSMON. Specify the name of user in the USER text box.

• The eG agent should be configured with the credentials of a user to monitor Db2 UDB database server. Specify the password of the specified user in the PASSWORD text box.

• Confirm the Password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

• The test uses a database on the monitored Db2 UDB server. Specify the name of the database in the DATABASE text box.

• Select the query to execute in the QUERY text box. By default, this is set to selectTABSCHEMA,TABNAME,TYPE,COLCOUNT,KEYCOLUMNS,KEYINDEXED,KEYUNIQUE FROM, SYSCAT.TABLES WHERE TYPE=‘T’

• Specify the additional list of databases that you wish to monitor in a comma-seperated list in the ADDITIONAL DATABASES text box. By default this is set to None.

• Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz*” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.