Buffer Manager Activity window

Use the Buffer Manager Activity window to view all buffer pools used by the thread.

To display this window, select Buffer Manager Activity from the Thread Detail panel.

Figure 1. Buffer Manager Activity window

 DGOMTWBM             Buffer Manager Activity          ROW 1 TO 4 OF 4


 For additional details, type any character next to Buffer Pool ID,
 then press Enter.

   Buffer Pool    Getpage   Buffer Pool   Synchronous   Buffer Updates
   ID            Requests     hit ratio      Read I/O
 _ BP0                111          75.7             0               50
 _ BP7                200          33.2             0              125
 _ BP32K7             311          47.3             0               25
 _ Total              622          47.8             0              200
 --- End of Buffer Pool List ---



 Command ===> ________________________________________________________
  F1=Help       F2=Split      F3=Exit       F5=Auto       F6=History
  F7=Up         F8=Down       F9=Swap      F12=Cancel    F16=Look
 F17=Collect   F22=Purge

You can select any buffer pool ID listed in this window to display the Buffer Pool Detail window, where you can view information about read and write activity both to and from that particular buffer pool, or select Total to view information about all of the listed buffer pools combined.

By examining buffer pool read and write activity, you can determine the buffer pool sizes for optimum system performance.