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IBM Informix

Remotely monitor your IBM Informix instances

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Overview

Remotely monitor IBM Informix databases where the OneAgent cannot be installed.

Use cases

  • Monitor health and state of Informix instances.
  • Detect and alert on anomalous behavior.
  • Understand the resource impact that your applications have on your database.
  • Understand the impact of resource shortages, locks or other database issues have on your application by observing the database server itself.

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Pre-requisites

  • IBM Informix JDBC driver must be present on the ActiveGate(s) in one of the below directories:
    • Windows: C:\ProgramData\dynatrace\remotepluginmodule\agent\conf\userdata\libs
    • Linux: /var/lib/dynatrace/remotepluginmodule/agent/conf/userdata/libs/

Permissions

In order to properly execute the SQL queries, the user account utilized by the extension must have read access to the sysmaster database and the below tables:

  • syslocks
  • syssessions
  • sysdatabases
  • sysprofile
  • sysseglst
  • sysvpprof
  • sysdbspaces
  • syschunks
  • sysshmvals
  • syschktab
  • sysdbstab
  • sysptprof
  • systabinfo

Details

This extension collects performance metrics through various SQL queries executed on the Informix instance.

Compatibility information

Informix v. 14.10+ Informix Driver v. 4.5.x+

License Consumption

DPS

((15 * # of instances) + (2 * # of databases) + (2 * # of tables) + (5 * # of dbspaces))

DDUs

((15 * # of instances) + (2 * # of databases) + (2 * # of tables) + (5 * # of dbspaces)) * 0.001

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Extension content

Content typeNumber of items included
screen chart groups
14
screen layout
6
screen injections
1
list screen layout
3
document dashboard
1
screen entities lists
7
metric metadata
24
screen metric tables
2
screen properties
6
dashboards
1
generic relationship
5
generic type
3
screen dql table
5

Feature sets

Below is a complete list of the feature sets provided in this version. To ensure a good fit for your needs, individual feature sets can be activated and deactivated by your administrator during configuration.

Feature setsNumber of metrics included
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
Sessionsinformix.database.sessionsThe number of sessions on the databaseCount
Buffer Cache Hit Ratio - Readinformix.instance.buffer_cache_hit_ratio_readThe ratio of pages read from the memory bufferPercent
Buffer Cache Hit Ratio - Writeinformix.instance.buffer_cache_hit_ratio_writeThe ratio of pages written to the memory bufferPercent
Sequential Scan Countinformix.instance.scan.countSequential scans performed in the last minuteCount
Shared Memory Segmentsinformix.instance.count_segmentsThe count of segments present in the Informix server's shared memoryCount
Shared Memory Segment Sizeinformix.instance.segment_sizeThe total size of the segment in the Informix server's shared memoryByte
Shared Memory Segment Blocks Usedinformix.instance.segment_blocks_usedThe total number of blocks (4KB of shared memory) used by the segment in the Informix server's shared memoryBlocks
Shared Memory Segment Blocks Freeinformix.instance.segment_blocks_freeThe total number of blocks (4KB of share memory) used by the segment in the Informix server's shared memory'Blocks
Checkpoint Countinformix.instance.checkpoint.countThe number of checkpoints performed in the last minuteCount
CPU User Time Countinformix.instance.cpu_user.countNumber of microseconds of user time used each minuteMicroSecond
CPU System Time Countinformix.instance.cpu_system.countNumber of microseconds of user time used each minuteMicroSecond
Database Space Percent Freeinformix.dbspace.percent_freeThe percent of the dbspace that is freePercent
Overflow - Userinformix.instance.ovuserNumber of times a new session was attempted to exceed the maximum number of sessionsCount
Overflow - Lockinformix.instance.ovlockNumber of times that sessions attempted to exceed the maximum number of locksCount
Overflow - Transactioninformix.instance.ovtransNumber of times that a thread attempted to exceed the maximum number of transactionsCount
Lock waitsinformix.instance.lockwtsNumber of times that a session had to wait for a lockCount
Least-Recently Used Writesinformix.instance.lruwritesNumber of times that an LRU write was performedCount
Locks - Databaseinformix.database.locksNumber of locks on the databaseCount
Chunk - Readsinformix.dbspace.chunks_readNumber of times a read operation has been performed on the database's chunksCount
Chunk - Writesinformix.dbspace.chunks_writtenNumber of times a write operation has been performed on the database's chunksCount
Chunk - Pages Readinformix.dbspace.chunk_pages_readNumber of times a read operation has been performed on a page within the database's chunksCount
Chunk - Pages Writteninformix.dbspace.chunk_pages_writtenNumber of times a write operation has been performed on a page within the database's chunksCount
Table Pages Usedinformix.database.table_pages_usedThe number of pages used by a table within the databaseCount
Table Scansinformix.database.table_scansThe number of scans performed on a table within the databaseCount

Full version history

To have more information on how to install the downloaded package, please follow the instructions on this page.
ReleaseDate

Full version history

  • Adds dt.security_context attribute to informix:instance, informix:database, and informix:dbspace entity types

Full version history

  • Adds a SAME_AS relationship between informix:instance and process_group_instance entities

Full version history

  • Initial release
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