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1 Advanced Insight in your SAP Systems with the DBA Cockpit SAP on System z Development December, 2016 Customer Julia Konstantinova iuliia.konstantinova@sap.com

Landscape Tools SAP Note 1535645 Component Check Platform relevant components installed are listed In order to display information on

3 Landscape Tools SAP Note Component Check Platform relevant components installed are listed In order to display information on Kernel components an RFC connection has to be maintained L via RFC 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 3

Landscape Tools SAP Note 1686871 Parameter Check Comparison against SAP Note Number of and Maximum deviations are listed

4 Landscape Tools SAP Note Parameter Check Comparison against SAP Note Number of and Maximum deviations are listed Possibility to navigate to the detailed Installation Parameter Check 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 4

5 Database Performance Warehouse Performance Warehouse Reporting Historization of platform specific database metrics in SAP Solution Manager BW Visualization / analysis by customizable BW based reports 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 5

collect and / or extract the data from the remote databases DBA Cockpit is the tool for in-depth problem analysis (lock-waits,

6 EFWK (Pull / Push) DBA Cockpit vs. Solution Manager Metrics Provider and In-Depth Analysis Tool DBA Cockpit remote database monitoring infrastructure is used to collect and / or extract the data from the remote databases DBA Cockpit is the tool for in-depth problem analysis (lock-waits, EXPLAIN, DB objects) and for carrying out administrative tasks ACE Reporting Status Exceptions MEA Alerting DBA Cockpit BW DB Analysis DB PFW Changes LMDB 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 6

Real & Virtual Storage Monitoring (IFCID 225) SAP Note 1742815 / 1856935 Improved Navigation New Storage folder within the Performance

7 Real & Virtual Storage Monitoring (IFCID 225) SAP Note / Improved Navigation New Storage folder within the Performance Section starting with DB2 10 (removed from Subsystem Activity drop down) 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 7

Workfile Monitoring SAP Note 1856935 Increased Relevance due to Unification of DGTTs and

size of in-memory work files Temporary storage used (4K and 32K) Overflow events Alert

8 Workfile Monitoring SAP Note Increased Relevance due to Unification of DGTTs and Workfiles (DB2 9) Introduction of RID list overflow (DB2 10) Provided information Number and size of in-memory work files Temporary storage used (4K and 32K) Overflow events Alert thresholds (DB2 11 only) DGTT information (DB2 11 only) 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. 8

9 EDM Pool EDM Pool is a new action within Performance Storage: Another action, which is moved out of the Subsystem Activity dropdown box Counters are grouped into sections Enhanced with additional counters 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 9

New Start Panel DB2 Subsystem Summary providing a high-level System Overview Information is divided into 5 sections: DB2 Resources Hardware Resources

10 New Start Panel DB2 Subsystem Summary providing a high-level System Overview Information is divided into 5 sections: DB2 Resources Hardware Resources Global Times DB Alerts Top 5 SQL Statements Helpful for unexperienced users as well! 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 10

11 J2EE Accounting Retrieval of JDBC Client Information similar to ABAP SAP Note Long-lasting NW Requirement to provide Workload Characteristics to the DB Interface Layer Additional Information now Available: SAP NW 7.02 / 7.03 (Java 1.4) CLIENT_ACCTNG Java Thread Name SAP NW 7.30 / 7.31 (SAP JVM 6.0) CLIENT_USERID J2EE End User CLIENT_ACCTNG Java Thread Name + Thread ID+Pid+Hostname (similar to ABAP) CLIENT_APPLNAME J2EE Application CLIENT_USERID J2EE End User SAP NW 7.10 / 7.11 on Request Limited to Information available with Java 1.4 Useful for WLM Policies Monitoring (Thread Activity, Timeouts, Deadlocks ) 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 11

J2EE Accounting Where to find the Information SAP Note 1824248 SAPGUI (Thread

Statement Cache SAP Note 1294837 / 1505345 / 1585160

13 Statement Cache SAP Note / / New Filter Options Rearranged, more meaningful order of the overview table New summary detail tab 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 13

Accelerator System Statistics History (Q8ST) SAP Note 2159745 2015

Global Times SAP Note 1738180 / 1864511 Based on new IFCID 369 Available for DB2 10 with UK81047

starts trace collects snapshots and calculates deltas writes snapshot into database table configurable

16 Global Times SAP Note / Based on new IFCID 369 Available for DB2 10 with UK81047 Aggregated by DB2 No sampling holes Hierarchical snapshot display Customizable history Alert Router starts trace collects snapshots and calculates deltas writes snapshot into database table configurable interval Consumed while executing in DB SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 16

define own check values ADMIN_INFO_SYSPARM SAP Note 1366678 DB2 9-1473986 DB2 10-1476146

17 Installation Parameters Unified display and Check of DB2 Installation Parameters (ZPARMS) Automatic download of SAP recommendations via SAP note Customer view Possibility to define own check values ADMIN_INFO_SYSPARM SAP Note DB DB DB / SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 17

19 NETWORK DB2 Network Statistics SAP Note Goal: Detect general network problems Available with DB2 Connect 9.7 FP3a ->formerly only Fat Client Approach DBSL collects at commit time Aggregation of 5 minute intervals per work process DB- Server Client1 Client2 Client3 COMMIT COMMIT COMMIT DBSL DBSL DBSL Appl. Server 1 Appl. Server 2 Appl. Server 3 Metrics Server time Total round trip elapsed time (network send/receive time + database processing time) Number of bytes sent to/received from the database server Number of DRDA* round trips 05: 10: 15: 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 19

Mechanism / Sample setup with the Exploitation of the OMEGAMON DB2 Performance Database SAP Note 1995032 Accounting Data is periodically collected and stored tables Daily Load Batch CRD in DB2 In

21 Mechanism / Sample setup with the Exploitation of the OMEGAMON DB2 Performance Database SAP Note Accounting Data is periodically collected and stored tables Daily Load Batch CRD in DB2 In order to provide a generic solution a DB2 VIEW has been defined that can be implemented by the respective vendor DBA Cockpit selects the data through that view in order to display the relevant information seamlessly in the DBA Cockpit OMEGAMON DB2 V520 APAR PI SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 21

navigate to the Extended Insight Analysis Dashboard!

22 DB2 Accounting Data Overview Possibility to filter by Time Range Enduser Transaction Program Possibility to directly navigate to the Extended Insight Analysis Dashboard! 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 22

DB2 Accounting Data Details First Detail Panel providing a structured display of all the different counters Enhanced with an overview providing information on the time

23 DB2 Accounting Data Details First Detail Panel providing a structured display of all the different counters Enhanced with an overview providing information on the time distribution Extensible to pull in more detailed information at a later stage (BP data, package data,...) 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 23

24 Space (DB02) >7.02 SAP Note Display object size, object growth and object definition Alerts for objects approaching DB2 limits KPIs for fastest growing and largest objects Data collection via Alert Router Remote monitoring now supported 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 24

SMS Data in DB02 SAP Note 1883986 New tab has been added to the DB02 Overview: Disk Space Information is received via

views are provided History for the DSN$DDFD6M0$DB and DSN$DDFD6M0$LG Copypools Current Snapshot with the possibility to

25 SMS Data in DB02 SAP Note New tab has been added to the DB02 Overview: Disk Space Information is received via Stoproc ADMIN_INFO_SMS (DB2 10) New alert icon in the status section, and as well alerting within SolutionManager Two views are provided History for the DSN$DDFD6M0$DB and DSN$DDFD6M0$LG Copypools Current Snapshot with the possibility to filter for specific Copy Pools, Stogroups and Volumes 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 25

IDAA Integrated in Explain 2015 SAP SE or an SAP

Catalog Browser to Display Accelerator Tables 2015 SAP SE

Data Distribution within IDAA in order to detect

by the IDAA Studio (with PTF6) 2015 SAP SE or an

Backup Monitor SAP Note 1417621 Combined view for system level (BACKUP SYSTEM) and object level (COPY) backups Filter for objects without

29 Backup Monitor SAP Note Combined view for system level (BACKUP SYSTEM) and object level (COPY) backups Filter for objects without backups Display object level backup recommendations and backup history 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 29

Long LRSNs and Improved Backup System Support SAP Note 1871142 10 Byte LRSN support in Backup Monitor Information about physical copy status in

30 Long LRSNs and Improved Backup System Support SAP Note Byte LRSN support in Backup Monitor Information about physical copy status in BACKUP SYSTEM history taken from HSM via new DB2 SP ADMIN_COMMAND_MVS 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 30

Failover Configuration Tool Assists in the migration of a failover configuration environment Supports connect.ini db2dsdriver.cfg config.

31 Failover Configuration Tool Assists in the migration of a failover configuration environment Supports connect.ini db2dsdriver.cfg config.xml See also updated SCN Article Setup of New DB2 Data-Sharing Failover Solution with the SAP Failover Configuration Tool Related SAP Note and SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 31

Sysplex Monitor Configuration SAP Note 1236078 2015 SAP SE

DB2 Accounting Data Configuration SAP Note 1995032 Possibility to configure a connection to the PDB (which can be located in a different subsystem) the

33 DB2 Accounting Data Configuration SAP Note Possibility to configure a connection to the PDB (which can be located in a different subsystem) the parameters needed to launch the Extended Insight Analysis Dashboard from within the DBA Cockpit 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 33

SAP Collector Settings SAP Note 1736433 Possibility to import the collector

action directly start the necessary DB2 Traces from the ABAP system within

34 SAP Collector Settings SAP Note Possibility to import the collector settings of the remote system display the active DB2 Traces within this action directly start the necessary DB2 Traces from the ABAP system within this action 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 34

35 SAP Collector Profile SAP Note / Possibility to configure and monitor your data collection settings Enable e.g. Space Collection Define Collections Intervals and Retention Times 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 35

Exception Handling for Recommendations COPY, RUNSTATS, REORG Tablespaces and Indexes were improved with exclude list management features: Selection Criteria Box: displays the result set and the

36 Exception Handling for Recommendations COPY, RUNSTATS, REORG Tablespaces and Indexes were improved with exclude list management features: Selection Criteria Box: displays the result set and the number of objects to be processed Excluded Column: offers an option to exclude multiple objects at one time Edit Exception Button: provides maintenance of exclusion list SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 36

Now it is possible to maintain exclusion options for any selected object.

37 Exception Handling for Table, Idexes & Tablespaces Exclusion handling features are also embedded into the detail screens of Tables, Idexes and Tablespaces. Now it is possible to maintain exclusion options for any selected object. Related SAP Note SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 37

Conversion Tool Update Recommendations Job Select conversion type:

03) Start: immediately or time, interval (optional) Optional:

wild cards Contains LOBs / VARCHAR(1)? Technical Restrictions?

38 Conversion Tool Update Recommendations Job Select conversion type: - Inline LOB (V10+) - Fixed Length (7.31/7.03) Start: immediately or time, interval (optional) Optional: Adjust amount of objects Optional: Specify object name(s) using wild cards Contains LOBs / VARCHAR(1)? Technical Restrictions? Allowed REORG + Conversion? Job Log 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 38

Page Size, Space Type, Row Format) Performs main conversion (e.g. Inline LOB) Conducts REORGs,

40 Conversion Tool Execute Recommendations Job Execute Recommendations Runs collateral conversions if any (e.g. Page Size, Space Type, Row Format) Performs main conversion (e.g. Inline LOB) Conducts REORGs, multiple if needed Empties recommendation table (DB2CONVTOOL) Inline LOB Page Size or Fixed Length Job Log REORG 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 40

41 Conversion Tool Offers new conversion types: BRF RRF Format Conversion (DB2 9) 6 to 10 Byte RBA/LRSN Conversion (DB2 11) See also updated SCN Article User Guide for SAP DB2 Conversion Tool Related SAP Note SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 41

DBA Log Redesigned and improved with new filter options: Time Frame Filter: Offers time granularity units Job Action Filter: Search for specific DB2 actions is now easier

42 DBA Log Redesigned and improved with new filter options: Time Frame Filter: Offers time granularity units Job Action Filter: Search for specific DB2 actions is now easier and userfriendly All actions are displayed without manual configuration Related SAP Note SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 42

Ease of Use and Details Display 2016 SAP SE or an SAP

47 DB Alerts The DB Alert section in the DBA Cockpit has been redesigned and improved in terms of Unification, Ease of Use and Details Display 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 47

EXPLAIN (New Version) SAP Note 1377691 Graphical tree view Uses SAP Web Dynpro technology Displays additional access path information Predicate

48 EXPLAIN (New Version) SAP Note Graphical tree view Uses SAP Web Dynpro technology Displays additional access path information Predicate filter factors Cost estimates Rewritten query Sort and parallelism information 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 48

Service SQL within Explain SAP Note 2067023 Automated mechanism to create support data in the correct format in order to

zones are involved No manual work as e.g.

49 Service SQL within Explain SAP Note Automated mechanism to create support data in the correct format in order to provide it to the IBM customer support Massive time savings, especially when teams and customers from different time zones are involved No manual work as e.g. collecting data, submitting JCL jobs, transforming the result into the right format Not as error prone as before One-click Solution! 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 49

50 BIND QUERY integrated into DBA Cockpit Explain SAP Note Several possibilities to influence the access path for matching SQL statements DB2 10 Specifying statement-level optimization parameters Specifying statement level access paths DB2 11 Overriding the selectivity of predicates Specifying statement-level optimization parameters Specifying statement level access paths SYSPROC.ADMIN_COMMAND_DSN to submit the BIND QUERY command 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 50

Use of CTE Hints in Conjunction with BIND

the desired access path 2015 SAP SE or an

51 Use of CTE Hints in Conjunction with BIND QUERY SAP Note Possibility to add a CTE Hint in order to influence the access path and freeze it, as soon as you achieve the desired access path 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 51

Maintained Access Paths SAP Note 2203370 Possibility to display all the frozen Access Paths with the option

52 Maintained Access Paths SAP Note Possibility to display all the frozen Access Paths with the option to release them again (FREE Query) 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 52

Catalog Browser Improvements SAP Note 1770334 / 1932900 Persistent Statement History Possibility to Save

53 Catalog Browser Improvements SAP Note / Persistent Statement History Possibility to Save statements Load statements Delete Statements Load / Save / Delete Query Enables to use saved statements for your whole landscape! Usability improvements increased display length of the history statements History retains statement formatting (newlines, indentations ) 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 53

54 Core Data Services (CDS) & Zero Downtime Optimization (ZDO) Completely new requirements due to increased complexity So far, views did not play an important role in the SAP context no monitoring available For CDS views are essential crucial to have a possibility to monitor CDS statements, which means the views / functions, especially with regards to their dependencies So far, static SQL was not common in the SAP context no monitoring available With ZDO it changed (~thousands of procedures & triggers for ZDO) Two detail views to provide information about them, their create statements, and their dependencies With CDS it changed (new need to monitor the CDS functions) 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 54

55 Dependency Browser SAP Note Possibility to browse the dependencies of Views Table Functions Scalar Functions Tables Procedures Global Variables Triggers Structured display of the dependencies of all the dependent object Possibility to look for dependencies up and downwards Two detail views Get detail information on the selected object Display the create statement of the selected object 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 55

Dependency Browser SAP Note 2153827 Possibility to select any of the displayed objects in order to

Detail Information on the various Objects SAP Note 2153827 Information is retrieved from the

Sysplex Monitor SAP Note 1308393 / 1236078 A piece of OS Monitoring integrated into

Message Text (can be accessed by clicking on of the links in the overview table) SAP

60 DB2 Message Log truncated information on the Message Texts (due to the 128 characters limitation of ALV displays) in the overview display detail viewer to provide the whole Message Text (can be accessed by clicking on of the links in the overview table) SAP Note / SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 60

SYSLOG Viewer SAP Note 2153827 Based on ADMIN_INFO_SYSLOG Display without

LPAR Number of entries Search String Detail View supporting

61 SYSLOG Viewer SAP Note Based on ADMIN_INFO_SYSLOG Display without any additional configuration Providing following filter options: Timeframe LPAR Number of entries Search String Detail View supporting Multi-line-Messages 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 61

62 DB2 12 Enablement

63 Requirements for DBA Cockpit with DB2 12 Minimum Requirements for Toleration of DB2 12: SAP Support Package Requirements have been aligned to the DB2 11 Requirements if your system is ready for DB2 11, it works with DB2 12 as well SAPCL 721 Patch Level 11 or higher Recommended Requirements to be met in order to provide Full Support for DB2 12: See SAP Note DB2-z/OS:v12:CCMS: DBA Cockpit with DB2 12 Provides an overview about the changed areas Lists the ABAP support package levels for SAP and SAPCL 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 63

64 DB2 12 Readiness Check Run Report DB2_V12_CHECK in order to check if prerequesites are met. Also available as correction instruction See SAP Note SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 64

2239553 has been made available 2016 SAP SE or an

65 Installation Parameters with DB2 12 Installation Parameters has been enabled for DB2 12 New SAP Note has been made available 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 65

Statement Cache Enhancements See SAP Note 2267378 New Wait time counters for L-locks and P-locks are helpful for monitoring the workload on DB2 Data Sharing Avg wait time for pipe wait (INSERTS)

66 Statement Cache Enhancements See SAP Note New Wait time counters for L-locks and P-locks are helpful for monitoring the workload on DB2 Data Sharing Avg wait time for pipe wait (INSERTS) concerns the monitoring of new SQL INSERT algorithm in DB2 12 Avg wait time for parallel queries to sync parent/child tasks provides better monitoring for query parallelism This is helpful for CDS 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 66

partition level See SAP Note 2239553 2016 SAP SE or an

67 New TS Type PBR RPN & Lift Partition Limits (1) New TS Type PBR RPN now supported In that context DSSIZE on partition level See SAP Note SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 67

68 New TS Type PBR RPN & Lift Partition Limits (2) Dependent on a new TS type adjusted limit calculations within DB02 KPIs TS Limits Partition Limits Index Limits In correlation to new TS type support of extended RID 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 68

69 Virtual and Real Storage IFCID 225 was enriched with some new counters within the DB2 12. The following metrics appear on the Virtual and Real Storage monitor: Real storage in use for 64-bit (KB) (2G frames) for DBM1 and DIST 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 69

70 EXPLAIN Table Changes So far: Explain Table Maintenance performed directly by DBA Cockpit Table layout etc. delivered via SAP SPs Check and adaption done automatically Now: Explain Table maintenance performed via Stored Procedure ADMIN_EXPLAIN_MAINT DBA Cockpit now simply calls ADMIN_EXPLAIN_MAINT (effective for DB2 11 as well) See SAP Note Benefits: Explain table layout always current (independent of SAP maintenance level) Robust against DB2 intra-release changes 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 70

71 Planning Calendar (DB 13) and Space Monitor (DB02) Enabled DB12 features within Planning Calendar: New keyword for RUNSTATS: Invalidatecache YES/ NO (SAP Note ) New mapping table format for REORG (SAP Note ) Automated RUNSTATS PROFILE via SYSSTATFEEDBACK (SAP Note ) Stored procedure DSANCCOX was enriched with new result set fields (SAP Note ) Enabled DB12 features within the Space Monitor: Lift partition limits for UTS PBR RPN (SAP Note ) New limit calculations (SAP Note ) 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Customer 71

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