Provides manageability of the DB2 for LUW databases, database devices, dump devices and caches, allowing a user to visualize and maintain storage.
Toolbar Operations - Depending on the Tab selected, there are different Toolbar Operations available.
Available Operations for Tree tab Refresh : Refreshes all tabs in the storage manager from the database Reconnect: Reconnect to the database server Copy All w/Headers and Row Count: Copies all the tab results from the database to paste the information anywhere else Size: Shows total size of the database in the selected unit of measurement Expand All: Expands all tree nodes in the tree tab Collapse All: Collapses all tree nodes in the tree tab Create Tablespace: Creates a new Tablespace Alter Tablespace : Edits the selected Tablespace Drop Tablespace: Drops the selected Tablespace Tablespace Properties: Shows properties of selected Tablespace Create Datafile: Creates a new Datafile Alter Datafile: Alters the selected Datafile Drop Datafile: Drops the selected Datafile Datafile Properties: Shows properties of selected Datafile
Available Operations for Tablespaces tab Refresh:Refreshes all tabs in the storage manager from the database Reconnect:Reconnects to the database server Copy all w/ Headers and Row counts:Copies every data from the tab selected to paste the information anywhere else needed Size:Shows total size of the database in the selected unit of measurement Expand All:Expands all tree nodes in the tree tab Collapse All:Collapses all tree nodes in the tree tab Create Tablespace:Creates a new Tablespace Alter Tablespace :Edits the selected Tablespace Drop Tablespace:Drops the selected Tablespace Tablespace Properties:Shows properties of selected Tablespace
Available Operations for Buffer Pools tab Refresh:Refreshes all tabs in the storage manager from the database Reconnect: Reconnects to the database server Copy all w/ Headers and Row counts: Copies every data from the tab selected to paste the information anywhere else needed Size: Shows total size of the database in the selected unit of measurement Create Buffer Pool: Creates a new Buffer Pool Alter Buffer Pool: Edits the selected Buffer Pool Drop Buffer Pool: Drops the selected Buffer Pool Buffer Pool Properties: View properties of selected Buffer Pool
Available Operations for Objects tab
Refresh : Refreshes all tabs in the storage manager from the database Reconnect: Reconnects to the database server Copy All w/Headers and Row Count: Copies every data from the tab selected to paste the information anywhere else needed Tablespaces: Chooses the tablespace you want to see the objects from Type: Chooses the type of object you want to see
Available Operations for Datafiles tab
Refresh : Refreshes all tabs in the storage manager from the database Reconnect: Reconnecst to the database server Copy All w/Headers and Row Count: Copies every data from the tab selected to paste the information anywhere else needed Create Datafile: Creates a new Datafile Alter Datafile: Alters the selected Datafile Drop Datafile: Drops the selected Datafile Datafile Properties: Shows properties of selected Datafile
Tree Tab - Hierarchical display of the Tablespaces and Datafiles.
Name: Name of the Tablespace or Datafile Path: Path of the Container Managed By: Tablespace managed by {SYSTEM or DATABASE} File Type: {FILE or DIRECTORY} Extent Size: The number of pages of data that will be written to the container before data will be written to next container Prefetch Size: The maximum number of pages the prefetcher gets from the disk at a time Size: Space used in the Tablespace Free: Free space available in the Tablespace Used: Total space in percentage
Tablespaces Tab - Provides a list of databases and detailed information on each database.
Name: Name of the database Managed by: Database managed by {SYSTEM or DATABASE} Definer: Shows the user that defines the database Created: Date and time the database was created Data Type: Type of data from the database Extent Size: The number of pages of data that will be written to the container before data will be written to next container Perfetch Size: The maximum number of pages the prefetcher gets from the disk at a time Page Size: The number of table spaces per page Size: Space used in the Tablespace Free: Free space used in the Tablespace Used: Percentage of used space from the database Overhead: Estimated time required before any data is read into memory Transfer Rate: Estimated time required to read one page of data into memory Partition Group Name: Name of the partition group Buffer Pool Name: Name of the Buffer Pool Drop Recovery: Shows if drop recovery is active or not
Buffer Pools Tab - Provides a list of database devices used by databases and detailed information on their usage. Note: Only database devices used by databases are listed
Name: Name of the device Partition Group: Name of the partition group # Pages: Number of pages in the buffer pool Page Size: Size of the page Extended Storage: Shows if there is extended storage for each buffer pool # Block Pages: Number of block pages Block Size (Pages): Size of block pages
Objects Tab - Provides a detailed information of Tables and Indexes. Contains the usage of space which is helpful to the Users
Type = Table
Table Name: Name of the table Table Schema: Owner of the Table Tablespace: Name of the tablespace containing the Table Type: Specifies whether it is a System or User Table Data: The size of data Cardinality: The number of distinct values for a column is the table cardinality Indexes: The size of the indexes Pages Used: The number of pages used by the table Pages Containing Row: The number of pages containing rows Occupied Blocks: The number of occupied blocks Rows that Overflow: The number of rows that overflow Created Date: Date and time when the table was created
Type = Index
Index Name: Name of the index object Index Schema: Owner of the Index Table Name: Table for which the index is created Table Schema: Owner of the Table Tablespace: Name of the tablespace containing the index Type: Specifies whether it is a System or User Index Index Type: Type of the index Clustered: Specifies whether the index is clustered or not Unique: Specifies whether the index is unique or not Indexes: Size of the Index Cardinality: The number of distinct values for a column is the index cardinality Index Leaf Pages: Leaf pages are the lowest level index pages - the pages that contain index entries and information to the corresponding table rows Cluster Ratio: The degree of data clustering of the index, represented as a percentage between 0 to 100 Sequential Pages: Number of sequential pages Created Date: Date and time when the index was created
Datafiles Tab - Provides a list of database devices and detailed information on each database device.
Container ID: Name of the database device Path: Path of the datafile Tablespace: Name of the Tablespace Type: Type of the Datafile {FILE or DIRECTORY} Total Pages: Total number of pages for the datafile Usable Pages: Number of usable pages allocated for the datafile File Size: Number allocated for the datafile