IBM i integration metrics

The official Datadog integration for monitoring IBM i. It collects 27 metrics.

Official summary

Remotely monitor IBM i systems including jobs, job queues, ASPs, and more.

Metric types

  • gauge (value at a point in time): 27

Metrics

Descriptions are the official definitions, unedited.

MetricTypeUnit
ibm_i.asp.io_requests_per_sThe average number of I/O requests for read and write operations that occurred per secondgaugeunit/second
ibm_i.asp.percent_busyThe percentage of time the disk unit is in usegaugepercent
ibm_i.asp.percent_usedThe percentage consumed from the disk unitgaugepercent
ibm_i.asp.unit_space_availableThe space on the unit available for usegaugebyte
ibm_i.asp.unit_storage_capacityThe storage capacity of the unitgaugebyte
ibm_i.job.active_durationThe amount of time a job has been activegaugesecond
ibm_i.job.cpu_usageThe CPU usage by a jobgauge-
ibm_i.job.cpu_usage.pctThe CPU usage by a job as a percentagegaugepercent
ibm_i.job.jobq_durationThe amount of time a job has been in the JOBQ statusgaugesecond
ibm_i.job.statusWhether a job is currently active or not.gauge-
ibm_i.job.temp_storageThe amount of temporary storage that is currently allocated to a jobgaugemebibyte
ibm_i.job_queue.held_sizeThe number of jobs in *HELD status in a job queuegaugeunit
ibm_i.job_queue.released_sizeThe number of jobs in *RELEASED status in a job queuegaugeunit
ibm_i.job_queue.scheduled_sizeThe number of jobs in *SCHEDULED status in a job queuegaugeunit
ibm_i.job_queue.sizeThe number of jobs in a job queuegaugeunit
ibm_i.message_queue.critical_sizeThe number of critical messages in a system message queuegaugeunit
ibm_i.message_queue.sizeThe number of messages in a system message queuegaugeunit
ibm_i.pool.defined_sizeThe size of a pool as defined in the shared pool, subsystem description, or system value QMCHPOOLgaugemebibyte
ibm_i.pool.reserved_sizeThe amount of storage in a pool reserved for system usegaugemebibyte
ibm_i.pool.sizeThe amount of main storage in a poolgaugemebibyte
ibm_i.subsystem.activeWhether a subsystem is currently activegauge-
ibm_i.subsystem.active_jobsThe number of jobs currently active in a subsystemgaugeunit
ibm_i.system.configured_cpusThe total number of configured CPUs for the partition.gaugeunit
ibm_i.system.cpu_usageThe average CPU utilization for all the active processors.gaugepercent
ibm_i.system.current_cpu_capacityThe processor units that are being used in the partition.gauge-
ibm_i.system.normalized_cpu_usageThe normalized percentage of CPU utilization for processing units in use.gaugepercent
ibm_i.system.shared_cpu_usageThe percentage of the total shared processor pool capacity used by all partitions using the pool.gaugepercent

Official documentation

Official documentation for the IBM i integration

Metric names and descriptions are the official Datadog integration definitions (Copyright Datadog, Inc., BSD-3-Clause), reproduced unedited. The full license terms are on the About page.