Ways to monitor group buffer pools

You can monitor group buffer pool activity by using a z/OS® or Db2 command, by using a coupling facility activity report, or by using a statistics trace.

Group buffer pool monitoring with the z/OS DISPLAY XCF,STR command
You can monitor group buffer pools with the DISPLAY XCF,STR command.
Group buffer pool monitoring with the coupling facility activity report of RMF
You can use RMF coupling facility structure reports to monitor group buffer pools.
Group buffer pool monitoring with the DISPLAY GROUPBUFFERPOOL command
You can use the DISPLAY GROUPBUFFERPOOL command to display information about group buffer pools.
When to use Db2 statistics trace
Use Db2 statistics class 1 to do high-level monitoring of Db2 subsystem activity.

Parent topic: Tuning group buffer pools