Overview of FP Stand-alone DB Sensor

FP Stand-alone DB Sensor runs as a batch job step of z/OS®.

FP Stand-alone DB Sensor scans DEDB area data sets and collects database statistics. Then it organizes the statistics into sensor data, and stores the sensor data in the IMS Tools KB Sensor Data repository in the form of records that are comprised of data elements. When FP Stand-alone DB Sensor completes storing the sensor data in the repository, it notifies the Autonomics Director server that the sensor data is stored.

During the job, FP Stand-alone DB Sensor prints the data element values in the Sensor Data Statistics report. It also prints the keywords and their parameters that were applied at run time in the Runtime Summary report. These reports can be stored in the Output repository of IMS Tools KB.

FP Stand-alone DB Sensor has the following characteristics:

• FP Stand-alone DB Sensor can process both offline DEDB areas and online DEDB areas.
• One FP Stand-alone DB Sensor job can process multiple DEDB area data sets. The maximum number of area data sets is 2048.
• FP Stand-alone DB Sensor uses high performance I/O techniques to reduce the amount of time that is required to scan area data sets.

For a list of the data elements that are collected by FP Stand-alone DB Sensor, see the topics about data elements in the IMS Tools Base Policy Services User’s Guide.