DBA Cockpit for IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows (New and Changed)

New Screens in the SAP GUI-Based Version of the DBA Cockpit (Previously Already Available in the Web Browser-Based DBA Cockpit)

Several screens that used to be available only in the Web browser-based version of the DBA Cockpit are now also available in the SAP GUI-based version of the DBA Cockpit.

The navigation frame of the SAP GUI-based DBA Cockpit has been rearranged: screens under Start of the navigation pathPerformance Next navigation step UtilitiesEnd of the navigation path have been moved to Performance and the Utilities navigation node has been removed.

The Workload Management node now contains the following new screens:

  • Start of the navigation pathWorkload Management Next navigation step Threshold ViolationsEnd of the navigation path
  • Start of the navigation pathWorkload Management Next navigation step Threshold ConfigurationEnd of the navigation path
  • Start of the navigation pathWorkload Management  Next navigation step Workloads and Service ClassesEnd of the navigation path

    The design of this screen has also been slightly changed in the Web browser-based version.

  • Start of the navigation pathWorkload Management Next navigation step SAP WLM Setup StatusEnd of the navigation path

The Critical Activities node under Performance has been removed.

You can find the other new SAP GUI screens in the navigation frame as follows:
  • Start of the navigation pathPerformance Next navigation step Top SQL StatementsEnd of the navigation path
  • Start of the navigation pathPerformance Next navigation step Active UtilitiesEnd of the navigation path (former Database Utilities screen in the Web browser-based version of the DBA Cockpit)
  • Start of the navigation pathPerformance Next navigation step Utility HistoryEnd of the navigation path
  • Start of the navigation pathConfiguration Next navigation step Configuration HistoryEnd of the navigation path
  • Start of the navigation pathDiagnostics Next navigation step Message HistoryEnd of the navigation path

Note that some of the above-mentioned screens in the SAP GUI do not offer exactly the same functions as in the Web browser-based version.

New Screens in the DBA Cockpit for SAP GUI Only

The following screens are entirely new in the DBA Cockpit and are available for SAP GUI only:

  • Start of the navigation pathConfiguration Next navigation step Client ConfigurationEnd of the navigation path
  • Start of the navigation pathDiagnostics Next navigation step Lock Waits and DeadlocksEnd of the navigation path

For systems using the IBM DB2 pureScale Feature (as of DB2 10.1):

  • Start of the navigation pathPerformance Next navigation step pureScale: Cluster StatusEnd of the navigation path
  • Start of the navigation pathPerformance Next navigation step pureScale: Page ReclaimEnd of the navigation path

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