SQL-Based Monitoring with Robot Monitor

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Use custom SQL statements to collect the data you need to manage the business

SQL Based Monitoring

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Chuck LosinskiDirector of Automation Technology

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Broadcasting live from Eden Prairie, Minnesota USAand Bonn, Germany

Kurt ThomasSystem Engineer

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Backup and Recovery

Workload Automation

Report Management Partition

PerformanceAutomated Monitoringand Notification

ROBOT AUTOMATED OPERATIONS FOR IBM i

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ROBOT MONITOR VERSION 14System, application, and performance monitoring that you can depend on

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AGENDASQL-Based Monitoring

• SQL-Based monitoring?• The most important thing on your IBM i• Real-world applications• Robot Monitor custom SQL monitors• Live demo• Tips

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SQL Based Monitoring

SQL Queries

Monitoring

SQL-Based Monitoring

WHAT IS IT?

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SQL Based Monitoring

Files SQL Queries Monitor

Display Notify Report

WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH IT?

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On IBM iTHE MOST IMPORTANT THING?

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On IBM i

Fileseverything else

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING!

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On IBM i

Fileseverything else Other

Monitoring

SQL-Based Monitoring

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING…

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YOUR SQL, OUR MONITORSQL-Based Monitoring

select sum(baldue) from erplib.arfile where region = ‘100’

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That return a single valueTYPICAL SQL FUNCTIONS

select count(*) from library/file {where fieldname = ‘value‘}

select avg(fieldname) from library/file {where field = nnnn}

select min(fieldname) from library/file {where field = nnnn}

select max(transdate) from crmlib/sales where field = ‘EAST’

select sum(baldue) from erplib.arfile where region = ‘100’

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ROBOT MONITORSQL-Based Monitoring

SQL-Based

CPU

Page Fault Rate

Sub-system Status

Response Time

Line I/O

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Multiple Systems in One GUIROBOT MONITOR

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• SQL-Based Monitoring

– Basic monitoring setup

–Monitoring group types

– User defined queries

–Monitoring SQL requests

LIVE DEMO

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Query Performance

BIG FileSmall File

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L o n g query runtime

Short query runtime

SQL TIPS

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Query Performance

BIG FileIndex for BIG File

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Short query runtime

SQL TIPS

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Query PerformanceSQL TIPS

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Tip: Operational How-To

START Have Robot Monitor Find the files

Find the columns

Your DB admin

Try out the SQL

interactively

Create index if need

Configure Robot

MonitorProp feet up!

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How will you use SQL based monitoring?

Consider the value of real-time insights for:• Open IBM problems (WRKPRB)• Number of logical reads on a file• Credit limits• Customer orders/invoices• Stock replenishment figures• Settings in configuration files

REAL WORLD

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RECAP and Q&A

• SQL-Based monitoring?• The most important thing on your IBM i• Real-world applications• Robot Monitor custom SQL monitors• Live demo• Tips

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