Getting started

When you start OMEGAMON for Db2 Performance Expert from ISPF (start EXEC FPEJINIT), the main menu is displayed.

Figure 1. IBM OMEGAMON for DB2 Performance Expert on z/OS main menu

FPEFMENU      IBM OMEGAMON for DB2 Performance Expert on z/OS         
                                                                                
 Select one of the following.                                                   
                                                                                
 __ 1. Create and execute reporting commands                                    
    2. View online DB2 activity - Classic Interface                             
    3. View online DB2 activity - PE ISPF OLM                                   
    4. Maintain parameter data sets                                             
    5. Customize report and trace layouts                                       
    6. Exception profiling                                                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
 Command ===> __________________________________________________________________
  F1=Help    F2=Split   F3=Exit    F9=Swap   F12=Cancel
Note:
  • Some menu options or panels might not be available, depending on the installation and configuration options that were chosen at your location.
  • If the PF key F11 (Zoom) is indicated in the upper right corner of a panel, you can usually select a particular listed item (by positioning the cursor on the corresponding line) and press F11, which then displays additional or detail information about the selected item.
  • Several panels can highlight information to raise your attention to important information, for example, to thresholds that exceed predefined values. If panels provide highlighting capabilities, the potentially highlighted fields are described, together with reasons, in the relevant topics under the heading Highlighting. If this heading is not shown in a panel description, the panel does not provide highlighting.
  • OMEGAMON for Db2 Performance Expert supports 64-bit integers. A number can have one of the following suffixes:
    K
    Represents 1000 or 1024.
    M
    Represents 1000 x 1000, or 1024 x 1024.
    G
    Represents 1000 x 1000 x 1000, or 1024 x 1024 x 1024.
    T
    Represents 1000 x 1000 x 1000 x 1000, or 1024 x 1024 x 1024 x 1024.
    ?
    Indicates that the number is larger than T.