Get started with DB2 Performance Expert Extended Insight Feature

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Run a workload to validate data is being collected

Now that you have started the Performance Expert Client and enabled the end-to-end configuration:

1. Press the F5 key to refresh the screen.
2. Click on the monitored database under your WebSphere Application in the left side of the System Overview window.
3. Click on the End-to-End tab to change the focus of the System Overview:
   
   Figure 44. Performance Expert Extended Insight tab
   
   
   

   Notice the screen has NP for the different counters. NP stands for not present. Since you haven’t started a workload yet, nothing is being collected.

   
   
   Figure 45. Performance Expert Extended Insight Key Performance Indicators (KPI) dashboard
   
   
   
4. Start your Java technology application or WebSphere Application to create a workload against the DB2 database that Performance Expert is configured to run against:
   
   Figure 46. Start your Java technology application or WebSphere Application
   
   
   
5. Let your application run for about 5-20 minutes.
6. From the System Overview window, click on Refresh Off, then select Automatic. This enables current history mode (that is, data is being collected and displayed in real time):
   
   Figure 47. Enable refresh rate for Performance Expert Extended Insight: System Overview window
   
   
   
7. Enter 45 in the refresh rate box, and click on the green check mark to accept the changes:
   
   Figure 48. Set Performance Expert Extended Insight refresh rate
   
   
   
8. Change the monitoring period to 5 minutes by clicking on the drop-down menu next to Monitoring period: Last. This will allow you to view the last 5 minutes of history on the System Overview window.
   
   Figure 49. Change monitoring period
   
   
   

You will begin to see data in the End-to-End Data base Monitoring tab:

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