IBM i Performance Analysis

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you no doubt have come to realize how very fortunate we are on IBM i in the realm of performance tools and performance management. From the seamless instrumentation of metrics, to the various performance data collectors (all included in the operating system), to the powerful graphical tools that are available to help analyze the data. Couple that with the benefit of the patented wait accounting technology, and it’s clear that we have an impressive end-to-end suite of technologies at our disposal to monitor, manage and solve performance problems.

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IBM Navigator for I: Work Management Integration with Performance Tasks

In last week’s blog on the features of the green screen “Work with Active Jobs” interface, there was a comment regarding the nice features of the graphical tools in Navigator for i. I had written a prior blog on some of the “Cool Tips with the Work Management GUI” that covered some additional function within the work management GUI. In that post I wrote briefly about the enhanced integration between the Active Jobs GUI and the Performance GUI. 

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