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Collect Data for Stack Reports

To produce stack reports, you must configure the correct type of monitoring to collect the type of data that you want. Configure the following type of monitoring for each type of data:

Stack Connection Workload Data

Configure Connection Workload Monitoring.

Stack FTP Workload Data

Configure FTP Workload Monitoring.

Stack Telnet Workload Data

Configure Telnet Workload Monitoring.

Stack IP, TCP, and UDP Activity Data

Configure IP, TCP, and UDP Monitoring.

Stack Network Interfaces Data

Configure Network Interface Monitoring.

Stack Address Space Data

Configure Address Space Monitoring.

Access the Stack Monitoring Definition

To access the stack monitoring definition

  1. Enter /IPMON.

    The IP Resource Monitor appears.

    Displays the IP Resource Monitor with the UM command

  2. Enter UM next to a STACK resource.

    The Stack Monitoring Definition panel appears.

    Displays a STACK monitoring definition

Select the Type of Stack Monitoring

To select the type of stack monitoring

  1. Enter A next to the Type Of Monitoring that you want.
  2. Enter YES in the Send to ReportCenter field.
  3. Enter U to examine the individual attributes to monitor.

    The Monitoring Definition attribute list panel appears.

    Displays a STACK monitoring definition

Add Monitored Attributes

The Stack Monitoring Definition panel lists the attributes that will be monitored. Initially, only the attributes that are monitored by default are listed. You can add more attributes to the list.

Note: When you get to know what attributes are useful to you, and their typical values, you can return to this panel and enter U (Update) next to an attribute. This lets you set up alerts based on that attribute.

To add monitored attributes

  1. Press F4 (Add).

    The Selectable Attributes List panel appears. It shows all possible stack attributes that can be monitored by this monitoring type.

    Displays a list of attributes that can be monitored

  2. Enter S next to the attributes that you want to add to the stack monitoring.
  3. Press F3 (OK) repeatedly to save and start monitoring of these new attributes.

Names Associated with Stack Data

The names associated with stack data vary depending on the type of data.

FTP and Telnet Workload

Stack FTP or Telnet workload data is qualified with the names of the FTP users or Telnet applications used by the connections, and these names cannot be changed.

Connection Workload

Unlike stack FTP or Telnet workload data, Stack connection workload data is qualified with the names of your business applications and these can be changed.

Business applications are logical groupings of connections that correspond with your site's usage and requirements. For example, you can associate all connections to Port 4440 with the NET4440 business application name.

You control how you want to map your connections to business application names by using the 3270 Maintain Application Name Definitions option (/IPADMIN).

By default, business application names correspond with the address space names.

Stack Address Space Ports

For Stack Address Space Monitoring, enter and confirm the listener port numbers for this stack on the Stack Monitoring Definition panel.