The All Known Hubs workspace

Use the All Known Hubs workspace to select and connect to an available hub monitoring server. The connection procedure is detailed in other topics. For more information about the connection procedure, see Changing a hub server connection, Correcting a failed hub server connection, and Logon administration and customization.

You can use the All Known Hubs workspace to view valuable status information about each hub monitoring server that can help you decide the hub to use for your monitoring activities.

The workspace can be scrolled vertically and horizontally to view all of the available hubs and their status information. You can use PF10 and PF11 keys to scroll horizontally and PF7 and PF8 keys to scroll vertically. The workspace also contains vertical and horizontal arrow keys that you can use for scrolling. Select an arrow and press Enter to scroll in this way.

Hub status information

Hub Name

The name that is given to a hub monitoring server during IBM Tivoli Monitoring configuration of a runtime environment (RTE).

Hub Connect Status

A text value that indicates whether a TCP connection can be established between the enhanced 3270 user interface address space and the specific hub monitoring server and whether an SQL query can be issued to the hub monitoring server. This TCP connection is attempted and then immediately closed. The TCP port number that is used is the port number that is assigned to this hub monitoring server during Tivoli Monitoring configuration of an RTE (typically port number 1918). Check the user interface REXX log (RKANRXLG DD name) for more details if the status is not Success.

The text values in the Hub Connect Status field can be as follows:

Success

The TCP connect and a query completed at the Hub.

Data Failure

A TCP send or receive failed with the Hub.

Timed Out

A TCP connect cannot complete in the allotted time.

Connect Fail

The TCP connect cannot complete.

TCP Failure

TCP cannot connect because of a failure with a TCP socket or select call.

Query Failed

A TCP connect was successful, but an SQL query to the Hub did not complete.

CannotAccess

The TCP port number to access the Hub cannot be determined.

SAF Denied

The status cannot be determined because the user does not have security authorization to connect to the specified Hub.

ITM Service Index Status

A text value that indicates whether a TCP connection can be established between the enhanced 3270 user interface address space and the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Service Index component that is running at the specific hub monitoring server and whether the Tivoli Monitoring Service Index data can be retrieved. The TCP port number that is used is the HTTP port number that is assigned to this hub monitoring server during Tivoli Monitoring configuration of an RTE (typically port number 1920). Check the user interface REXX log (RKANRXLG DD name) for further details if the status is not Success.

The text values in the ITM Service Index Status field can be as follows:

Success

The TCP connect and Service Index retrieval completed at the Hub.

Data Failure

A TCP send or receive failed with the Hub.

Timed Out

A TCP connect and data retrieval did not complete in the allotted time.

Connect Fail

The TCP connect cannot complete.

TCP Failure

TCP cannot connect because of a failure with a TCP socket or select call.

No HTTP Port

The TCP port number that is needed to access the HTTP Server at the Hub cannot be determined.

Did Not Try

Because of previous connectivity failures an attempt is not made to find the value.

SAF Denied

The status cannot be determined because the user does not have security authorization to connect to the specified Hub.

SOAP Status

A text value that indicates whether a TCP connection can be established between the enhanced 3270 user interface address space and the IBM Tivoli Monitoring SOAP server component that is running at the specific hub monitoring server and whether sample SQL query data can be retrieved. The TCP port number that is used is the HTTP port number that is assigned to this hub monitoring server during Tivoli Monitoring configuration of an RTE (typically port number 1920). Check the user interface REXX log (RKANRXLG DD name) for further details if the status is not Success.

The text values in the SOAP Status field can be as follows:

Success

The TCP connect and SOAP query completed at the Hub.

Data Failure

A TCP send or receive failed with the Hub.

Timed Out

A TCP connect and data retrieval did not complete in the allotted time.

Connect Fail

The TCP connect cannot complete.

TCP Failure

TCP cannot connect because a failure with a TCP socket or select call.

No HTTP Port

The TCP port number that is needed to access the HTTP Server at the Hub cannot be determined.

Did Not Try

Because of previous connectivity failures an attempt is not made to find the value.

SAF Denied

The status cannot be determined because the user does not have security authorization to connect to the specified Hub.

Hub Connect Time

The number of seconds it took to complete the TCP connection to the hub monitoring server. A value of n/a indicates the TCP connect cannot be attempted.

Hub Time (bar graph)

A small horizontal bar graph that shows the Hub Connect Time. This field is highlighted by colors that depend on the threshold settings for the KOBHUBS table, which you can adjust.

ITM Service Index Time

The number of seconds it took to retrieve the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Service Index from the hub monitoring server. A value of n/a indicates the TCP connect cannot be attempted.

Srvc Time (bar graph)

A small horizontal bar graph that shows the Tivoli Monitoring Service Index Time. This field is highlighted by colors that depend on the threshold settings for the KOBHUBS table, which you can adjust.

SOAP Time

The number of seconds it took to run a simple SOAP SQL query at the hub monitoring server. A value of n/a indicates the TCP connect cannot be attempted.

SOAP Time (bar graph)

A small horizontal bar graph that shows the SOAP Time. This field is highlighted by colors that depend on the threshold settings for the KOBHUBS table, which you can adjust.

HTTP Port

The TCP port number that is used with HTTP to access the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Service Index and the SOAP server. If there is no port number configured, the text value Missing is shown.

HTTPS Port

The TCP port number that is used with HTTPS to access the Tivoli Monitoring Service Index and the SOAP server. If there is no port number configured, the text value Missing is shown. HTTPS is a version of HTTP that supports authentication and encryption.

Hub DRA Count

The number of Data Retrieval Agents (DRAs) used by the enhanced 3270 user interface for this particular hub monitoring server.

Hub TCP/IP Host Name

The host name of the TCP/IP interface in use by the hub monitoring server.

Hub IP Address

The IP address in use by the hub monitoring server to which all user interface requests are directed.

Hub Port

The TCP port number in use by the hub monitoring server to which all user interface requests are directed. The port number is typically 1918.

Hub Start Date

The date that the hub monitoring server job was started.

Hub Start Time

The time of day that the hub monitoring server job was started.

Hub Job Name

The job name (z/OS system) or task name (Windows, UNIX, or Linux systems) under which the hub monitoring server is running.

Hub System Name

The operating system name under which the hub monitoring server is running.

Hub System Type

The operating system type under which the hub monitoring server is running. Typical values: z/OS;01.13.00, Linux;2.6.9-67.EL or Win2008;6.0-SP2.