Using iSeries Navigator with detailed monitors

You can work with detailed monitors from the iSeries™ Navigator interface. The detailed SQL performance monitor is the iSeries Navigator version of the STRDBMON database monitor, found on the native interface.

You can start this monitor by right-clicking SQL Performance Monitors under the Database portion of the iSeries Navigator tree and selecting New > Monitor. This monitor save detailed data in real time to a hard disk and does not need to be paused or ended in order to analyze the results. You can also choose to run a Visual Explain based on the data gather by the monitor. Since this monitor does save data in real time, it may have a performance impact on your system.

Starting a detailed monitor
You can start a detailed monitor from the iSeries Navigator interface.
Analyze detailed monitor data
SQL Performance monitors provides several predefined reports that you can use to analyze your monitor data.
Comparing monitor data
You can use iSeries Navigator to compare data sets in two different monitors.
Viewing statements in a monitor
You can view SQL statements that are included in a detailed monitor.
Importing a monitor
You can import monitor data that has been collected using Start Database Monitor (STRDBMON) command or some other interface by using iSeries Navigator.

Parent topic: Optimizing query performance using query optimization tools