eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by IBMDb2ActivityTest

The IBMDb2ActivityTest measures the level of SQL activity on the DB2 database server. The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Dynamic_sql_rate Indicates the rate of dynamic SQL statements that were attempted. Stmts/Sec This is an indication of throughput of the system during the monitoring period. A high value of dynamic SQLs and low value of failed SQLs indicate good throughput.
Select_sql_rate Indicates the rate at which SELECT SQL statements were executed during the last measurement period. Stmts/Sec This measure can be used to determine the level of database activity at the database level.
UID_sql_rate Indicates the rate at which update/delete/insert statements were issued during the last measurement period. Stmts/Sec This measure can be used to determine the level of database activity.
Failed_sql_rate Indicates the rate at which SQL statements failed. Stmts/Sec A relatively high value indicates a problem.The percentage of SQL statements that received a negative SQL code indicates a possible cause of poor performance. Failed SQL statements waste system resources. Hence, this value of this measure should be very low.
Pct_failed_sql Indicates the percentage of SQL statements that failed during the interval. This value includes all SQL statements that received a negative SQLCODE. Percent
Pct_uid_sql Indicates the percentage of update/insert/delete statements executed during the last measurement period. Percent This measure can be used to determine the level of database activity at the database level.
Pct_ddl_sql Denotes the percentage of SQL statements that were DDL(Data Definition Language) during the last measurement period. Percent This value should normally be low.