The graphic alerts display real-time data in graphic format and use highlighted bars and monitor alarms to indicate when portions of your network have exceeded specified thresholds.
The default values that set the thresholds and whether the alarm on your monitor sounds are contained in the GRAPHPRM member of file. These values are displayed on the Graphic Alerts Customization Menu when you first log on.
The graphic alerts function uses both NCP and VTAM statistics from regular monitoring and not from the tracing facilities. Using graphic alerts, you can generate up to 46 graphs on six different resource types. And, you can compare data from multiple resources on one screen simultaneously.
You can change these values as follows:
This menu lets you access the graphic alert selection and customization options.
HOST=S008 *** NETSPY GRAPHIC ALERTS SYSTEM MENU ***
SELECT AN OPTION
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1 - GRAPHICS SELECTION
2 - GRAPHICS CUSTOMIZATION
F1=HELP F3=END F5=APPLS F6=TERMS F9=NCPS F10=LINES F12=LOGOFF
OPTIONALLY, ENTER A COMMAND BELOW
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This menu contains the following options:
Specifies the resource-type variables for which you want to generate graphs and whether you want to use resource lists
Specifies the thresholds (scales) to be used for variables on the graphs.
Note: You can also specify whether your terminal beeps when the variable exceeds the threshold and how data on different resources is organized on each graph.
To access the Graphic Alerts System Menu
The Graphic Alerts System Menu appears.
The Graphic Alerts Customization Menu lets you specify the following:
HOST=S008 *** NETSPY GRAPHIC ALERTS CUSTOMIZATION MENU ***
PLEASE OVERRIDE DEFAULTS IF DESIRED AND PRESS F10 TO UPDATE
RESOURCE GRAPH ALERT SCALE ALARM SORT
TYPE TITLE SCALE UNITS (Y/N) OPTION
APPL AVG. HOST RESP 000055 1/10 SECS. N
AVG. NET RESP 000055 1/10 SECS. N
AVG. USER RESP 000085 1/10 SECS. N
WORST HOST RESP 000300 1/10 SECS. N
WORST NET RESP 000300 1/10 SECS. N
NO. OF SESSIONS 000200 COUNT N
BYTE RATE / SEC 000500 COUNT N
TRANS RATE / MIN 000120 COUNT N W
NCP CYCLE UTIL % 000050 PERCENTAGE N W
BUFFER UTIL % 000050 PERCENTAGE N
CHANNEL HOLD Q 000005 COUNT N
LINE AVG. HOST RESP 000050 1/10 SECS. N
AVG. NET RESP 000050 1/10 SECS. N
AVG. USER RESP 000080 1/10 SECS. N
WORST HOST RESP 000300 1/10 SECS. N
F1=HELP F3=END F7=UP F8=DOWN F10=UPDATE F11=RESTORE DEFAULTS
OPTIONALLY, ENTER A COMMAND BELOW
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The example shows the first screen of this menu. There are one or two more screens for this menu, depending on the size of your screen.
The default values for this menu are specified in the GRAPHPRM member or file. Any changes you make to this menu override those default values.
This menu contains the following fields:
Specifies the resource type: APPL, NCP, LINE, PU, LU, or VR.
Specifies the variable name to appear on the graph.
Specifies the threshold for the variable. If this threshold is exceeded, the terminal alarm may sound, and the bar is highlighted.
Specifies the unit of measure for the scale, such as seconds, numbers, or percentages. You cannot change this field.
Specifies whether you want the terminal alarm to sound when the alert scale (threshold) is exceeded.
Specifies which variable values you want to sort all resources of this type by. For example, you may want to sort all of the APPL graphs based on average host response time.
You can sort on one variable for each resource type and by the worst or best values for the variable. To sort by the best values, type B in the SORT OPTION field for that variable. To sort by the worst values, type W in the field. If you specify more than one variable for a resource type, the last variable specified is used.
Note: The graphs are sorted based on the specified variable values, regardless of whether you chose that variable on the Graphic Alerts Selection Menu. For example, if you specified a sort option of worst average host response times for APPLs, and then choose APPL number of sessions on the Graphic Alerts Selection Menu, the resulting graph lists the applications in the order of average host response times.
To access the Graphic Alerts Customization Menu
The Graphic Alerts Customization Menu appears.
This menu lets you specify the resource-type variables for which you want to generate graphs.
You can select variables for the following resource types:
You can select variables graph for all known resources of a particular type, or the resources in the resource list for the particular resource type. For information about the variables, press F1 (Help).
Select one or more variables for a particular type of resource by typing S or R next to the variable:
Resource lists contain specific or generic resource names to include in or exclude from graphic and trace alert displays. Resource lists can also contain the names of one or more files that in turn contain specific resource names. Most screens can display a maximum of four resource types at a time. Your particular screen may display more.
HOST=S008 *** NETSPY GRAPHIC ALERTS SELECTION MENU ***
SELECT INFORMATION TO BE DISPLAYED (S/R): LU 6.2 SESSIONS = (I/E/O)
APPL _ AVG. HOST RESP _ AVG. NET RESP _ AVG. USER RESP _ WORST HOST RESP
_ WORST NET RESP _ NO. OF SESSIONS _ BYTE RATE/SEC _ TRANS RATE/MIN
NCP _ CYCLE UTIL % _ BUFFER UTIL % _ CHANNEL HOLD Q
LINE _ AVG. HOST RESP _ AVG. NET RESP _ AVG. USER RESP _ WORST HOST RESP
_ WORST NET RESP _ MSG RATE/MIN _ BYTE RATE/SEC _ TRANS RATE/MIN
_ UTILIZATION % _ PIU SEG./MINUTE _ ERROR COUNTS _ OUT Q LENGTH
PU _ AVG. HOST RESP _ AVG. NET RESP _ AVG. USER RESP _ WORST HOST RESP
_ WORST NET RESP _ MSG RATE/MIN _ BYTE RATE/SEC _ TRANS RATE/MIN
_ UTILIZATION % _ PIU SEG./MINUTE _ ERROR COUNTS _ OUT Q LENGTH
LU _ AVG. HOST RESP _ AVG. NET RESP _ AVG. USER RESP _ WORST HOST RESP
_ WORST NET RESP _ MSG RATE/MIN _ BYTE RATE/SEC _ TRANS RATE/MIN
VR _ AVG. NET RSP. _ PIUS OUT / MIN _ PIUS IN / MIN _ BLOCKED/HELD %
F1=HELP F3=END F5=APPLS F6=TERMS F9=NCPS F10=LINES F12=LOGOFF
OPTIONALLY, ENTER A COMMAND BELOW
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This menu contains the following field:
Specifies whether the information displayed includes data from LU 6.2 sessions.
The following are valid values:
I
Displays both LU 6.2 and non-LU 6.2 information.
E
Excludes LU 6.2 information from the display.
O
Displays only information from LU 6.2 sessions.
Default: I
To access the Graphic Alerts Selection Menu
The Graphic Alerts Selection Menu appears.