Introduction to monitoring jobs
You must configure an IBM® InfoSphere® Information Server engine system before you can monitor it using the IBM InfoSphere DataStage® and QualityStage® Operations Console.
The installation of the engine tier installs the InfoSphere DataStage components, including executables and configuration files, that are required for an engine system to be monitored. The installation also checks or sets permissions on some directories.
- The operations database, which holds information about DataStage jobs that are running, or have been run, on one or more engine systems. The database also holds information about how system resources are used over time on those systems.
- Extensions to the DataStage job runtime system to capture job runtime events.
- A server process called EngMonApp, which transfers the job runtime events to the operations database.
- A server process called ResMonApp, which monitors system resource usage and record the results in the operations database.
- A server process called ResTrackApp, which provides usage data about their local system to the ResMonApp process.
- A server process called ODBQueryApp, which provides information from the operations database to the Operations Console.
- A server process called WLMServer, which provides information about the workload management queues to the Operations Console.
- The Operations Console, which displays information about jobs, job activity, and system resources for each engine system.
To enable monitoring of job runs services, and system resources on an engine system, you must complete these steps after installing the engine tier:
- Set up a schema and tables in the operations database, or identify an existing operations database which this system can share.
- Configure the engine system monitor to connect to its operations database.
- Configure the monitor so it knows what data to collect, and how frequently, if you do not want to use the default.
- Ensure that the monitor server processes are started on each engine and that monitoring is switched on.
If you do not perform these steps, the engine tier is available for use, but monitoring is not enabled.
To enable monitoring of workload management queues on an engine system, you must complete these steps after installing the engine tier:
- Configure the workload management configuration properties.
- Ensure that the workload management server process, called WLMServer, is started on each engine and that workload management monitoring is switched on.
If you do not perform these steps, the engine tier is available for use, but monitoring of workload management queues is not enabled.