IBM AS/400

Overview

The IBM AS/400 (IBM i) integration with Motadata AIOps provides comprehensive monitoring of system performance, workload activity, storage utilization, job processing, and message handling.

It captures key metrics related to CPU usage, memory pools, jobs, threads, storage capacity, and spool operations. These insights help IT teams manage system workload, optimize performance, monitor batch and interactive jobs, and ensure system stability in enterprise environments.

Prerequisites

• IBM i system is reachable from Motadata AIOps.
• Required credentials with read access to system performance and job information are configured.
• Necessary ports for communication are open.
• The system is added successfully via discovery.

List of Supported KPIs

System Performance & Capacity

Metric	Description	Type
system.cpu.percent	CPU utilization percentage of the system.	Percent
system.cpu.cores	Total number of CPU cores available.	Count
system.current.processing.capacity	Current processing capacity being utilized.	Percent
system.interactive.performance.percent	Interactive workload performance percentage.	Percent
system.asp.percent	Auxiliary Storage Pool usage percentage.	Percent
system.asp.bytes	Auxiliary Storage Pool used space in bytes.	Bytes
system.main.storage.capacity.bytes	Total main storage capacity.	Bytes
system.auxiliary.storage.bytes	Total auxiliary storage available.	Bytes
system.unprotected.storage.used.bytes	Used unprotected storage capacity.	Bytes
system.unprotected.storage.maximum.bytes	Maximum unprotected storage capacity.	Bytes
system.permanent.address.percent	Permanent address space utilization.	Percent
system.temporary.address.percent	Temporary address space utilization.	Percent

System Identity & Configuration

Metric	Description	Type
system.name	Name of the IBM AS/400 system.	String
system.model	Hardware model of the system.	String
system.version	Operating system version running on the system.	String
system.serial.number	Serial number of the system.	String
system.security.level	Configured system security level.	String
system.partitions	Number of logical partitions configured.	Count

System Workload & Jobs Summary

Metric	Description	Type
system.total.jobs	Total number of jobs in the system.	Count
system.active.jobs	Number of currently active jobs.	Count
system.maximum.jobs	Maximum allowed jobs in the system.	Count
system.active.threads	Number of active threads in the system.	Count
system.signed.on.users	Number of users currently signed on.	Count
system.temporarily.signed.off.users	Number of users temporarily signed off.	Count

Batch & Job Queue Metrics

Metric	Description	Type
system.batch.jobs	Total number of batch jobs.	Count
system.batch.jobs.running	Number of batch jobs currently running.	Count
system.batch.jobs.queued	Number of batch jobs in queue.	Count
system.batch.jobs.waiting.run	Number of batch jobs waiting to run.	Count
system.batch.jobs.ending	Number of batch jobs in ending state.	Count
system.batch.jobs.on.held.job.queue	Batch jobs on held job queue.	Count
system.batch.jobs.on.unassigned.job.queue	Batch jobs on unassigned queue.	Count

Job Wait Conditions

Metric	Description	Type
system.jobs.waiting.message	Jobs waiting for a message response.	Count
system.jobs.waiting.print	Jobs waiting for print processing.	Count
system.user.sessions.ended.waiting.print	User sessions ended but waiting for print completion.	Count
system.user.suspended.by.groupJobs	Users suspended by group job conditions.	Count
system.user.suspended.by.systemRequest	Users suspended due to system request.	Count

Memory Pools

Metric	Description	Type
system.pools	Total number of memory pools configured.	Count
system.pool	Memory pool identifier.	String
system.pool.size.bytes	Size of the memory pool.	Bytes
system.pool.reserved.size.bytes	Reserved memory size for the pool.	Bytes
system.pool.db.pages	Number of database pages in the pool.	Count
system.pool.db.faults	Database page faults in the pool.	Count
system.pool.non.db.pages	Non-database pages in the pool.	Count
system.pool.non.db.faults	Non-database page faults in the pool.	Count

Aggregated Pool Metrics

Metric	Description	Type
system.pools.size.bytes	Total size of all memory pools.	Bytes
system.pools.reserved.size.bytes	Total reserved memory across pools.	Bytes
system.pools.db.pages	Total database pages across pools.	Count
system.pools.db.faults	Total database page faults across pools.	Count
system.pools.non.db.pages	Total non-database pages across pools.	Count
system.pools.non.db.faults	Total non-database page faults across pools.	Count

Job-Level Metrics

Metric	Description	Type
system.job	Job identifier.	String
system.job.name	Name of the job.	String
system.job.user	User associated with the job.	String
system.job.type	Type of job (batch, interactive, etc.).	String
system.job.status	Current job status.	String
system.job.subsystem	Subsystem handling the job.	String
system.job.active.status	Active state of the job.	String
system.job.pool	Memory pool used by the job.	String
system.job.pool.name	Name of the memory pool used by the job.	String
system.job.function	Function performed by the job.	String
system.job.priority	Job priority level.	Integer
system.job.threads	Number of threads used by the job.	Count
system.job.queue	Queue where the job is assigned.	String
system.job.cpu	CPU utilization by the job.	Percent
system.job.uptime	Duration for which the job has been running.	Time

Messages

Metric	Description	Type
system.message	Message identifier.	String
system.message.severity	Severity level of the message.	String
system.message.type	Type/category of the message.	String
system.message.text	Message description or content.	String
system.message.date	Timestamp when the message was generated.	Timestamp
system.message.default.help	Default help text associated with the message.	String

Spool (Print & Output)

Metric	Description	Type
system.spool	Spool file identifier.	String
system.spool.name	Name of the spool file.	String
system.spool.job.name	Associated job name for the spool file.	String
system.spool.job.owner	Owner of the spool job.	String
system.spool.job.number	Job number linked to the spool file.	String
system.spool.status	Current status of the spool file.	String
system.spool.printer	Printer assigned to the spool file.	String
system.spool.total.pages	Total number of pages in the spool file.	Count