VOOZH about

URL: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6217188

⇱ Performance Graphs over multiple days - from R720 Collection Services Data

Performance Graphs over multiple days - from R720 Collection Services Data

News


Abstract

This page covers tips on generating performance graphs over a period of more than one day using Navigator for i on IBM i 7.2 or systems without historical data.

Starting in IBM i 7.3, a new capability to generate a historical data collection was added. This collection summarizes Collection Services performance data over multiple days. Using this historical data, graphs of performance data can be charted over multiple days using the Graph History feature of Performance Data Investigator (PDI) within IBM Navigator for IBM® i. Note that this feature needs to be turned on for the creation and saving of Historical Data over time. See this article for more information: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6217189

However, if you have not upgraded to IBM® i 7.3 yet, there are still ways that you can view multiple days worth of performance data using the traditional Collection Services collections.

Content


Strategies for Saving Performance Data

Viewing multiple collections in Performance Data Investigator (PDI) charts

Graph Interval
IBM® 

Collection Services Data
How to Stop/Turn-Off PM Agent 
As of September 30, 2020, Performance Management for Power Systems (PM) is withdrawn as a standalone offering in addition to be removed from other premium support service offerings. 
If you have utilized Performance Management Agent (PM Agent) for automated collection of nonproprietary Collection Services data, or if you have had PM Agent turned on to allow longer collection of historical data, you may now select to turn PM Agent off.  This will not have any effect on the length of time that historical data will be saved on your partition.  These changes take affect starting with the Fall 2020 Navigator for i PTFs.
You may select to turn PM Agent off or leave it as it is.  
The following steps can be followed to stop PM completely on the server. 
This will prevent PMAgent data to be sent and disable the function:
1. From Command Line, type CFGPMAGT and press ENTER
2. Press ENTER on 'PM Agent Signoff Approval' page
3. Enter option '0 = do not send performance data' for 'Select connectivity option for sending performance data to IBM'
4. Enter option '0 = No' for 'Receive performance data' Press ENTER twice to return to the Command Line.
5. From Command Line, type GO PMAGT and press ENTER
6. Select option '2. Work with Automatically Scheduled Jobs'
7. Enter option '2=Change' before each Scheduled Job that is listed (Q1PTEST, Q1PPMCHK, Q1PPMSUB, Q1PDR, Q1PPG)
8. On the 'Change Automatically Scheduled Jobs' screen, change 'Status' to 'I=Inactive' and press ENTER. Press F12 to return to the Command Entry
9. From Command Line, type the following command to remove Q1PSCH job:
 CALL PGM(QSYS/Q1PENDPM) PARM('*IMMED ' X'999999' X'00000000')
Note: There must be four spaces after *IMMED and one space before each X.
10.  There is an autostart job entry for QPM400.  This will be removed in a future PTF.  To remove the QPM400 autostart job entry now, call this command:

> RMVAJE SBSD(QSYS/QSYSWRK) JOB(QPM400)

To select to no longer transmit data:
  1. Run PMCFG command
  2. Select to not transmit data
[{"Type":"MASTER","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB57","label":"Power"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Product":{"code":"SWG60","label":"IBM i"},"Platform":[{"code":"PF012","label":"IBM i"}],"Version":"7.2.0"}]

Was this topic helpful?

Document Information

Modified date:
08 October 2020

UID

ibm16217188