Key Performance Indicators for SAP Sybase IQ

Key performance indicators (KPIs) provide the statistics that appear on SAP Sybase IQ screens and charts in SAP Control Center.

Each SAP Sybase IQ data collection includes a subset of the KPIs listed here.

SAP Sybase IQ Availability Statistics
KPI Description
Server Status (Resource State) Status of the SAP Sybase IQ server. Valid states are:
  • UNKNOWN (0)
  • STOPPED (1)
  • PENDING (2)
  • RUNNING (3)
  • WARNING (4)
  • ERROR (5)
Total CPU Usage SAP Sybase IQ server total CPU usage percentage, including both system and user usage.
CPU System Usage SAP Sybase IQ server system CPU usage percentile.
CPU User Usage SAP Sybase IQ server user CPU usage percentile.
IQ Memory Allocated Memory allocated by the SAP Sybase IQ server, in megabytes.
Catalog Cache in Use Percentage of catalog cache in use.
Temporary Cache in Use Percentage of temporary cache in use.
Main Cache in Use Percentage of main buffer cache in use.
Available Connections Number of concurrent connections available.
SAP Sybase IQ RLV Memory Statistics
KPI Description
Percentage of Available RLV Memory The percentage of memory still available for use.
RLV Memory Size in Use (MB) Total amount of RLV memory currently in use.
SAP Control Center Agent Availability Statistics
KPI Description
SCC Agent Status (Resource State) Status of the registered and authenticated SCC agent that enables SCC to manage the SAP Sybase IQ server. Valid states are:
  • UNKNOWN (0)
  • STOPPED (1)
  • PENDING (2)
  • RUNNING(3)
  • WARNING (4)
  • ERROR (5)
Multiplex Availability Statistics
KPI Description
Multiplex Status (Resource State) Status of the multiplex. Valid states are:
  • UNKNOWN (0)
  • STOPPED (1) (A multiplex is considered stopped if there is no running node.)
  • PENDING (2)
  • RUNNING (3) (A multiplex is considered to be running if at least one node is running.)
  • WARNING (4)
  • ERROR (5)
Multiplex Node Properties
KPI Description
Multiplex Role (Resource Secondary State) Indicates the multiplex role of the node. Valid states are:
  • COORDINATOR (0)
  • WRITER (1)
  • READER (2)
  • SINGLE_SERVER (3)
Multiplex Status Indicates the multiplex status of the node. Valid values are:
  • INCLUDED (0)
  • EXCLUDED (1)
Multiplex Failover Node Indicates whether the node is a designated failover node. Valid values are:
  • FALSE (0)
  • TRUE (1)
Multiplex Link Availability Statistics
KPI Description
INC Status (Resource State) Status of internode communication between a secondary node and the coordinator. Valid states are:
  • UNKNOWN (0)
  • STOPPED (1)
  • PENDING (2)
  • ACTIVE (3)
  • WARNING (4)
  • ERROR (5)
Overview Statistics
KPI Description
Server Status Server state or status. Valid values are:
  • UNKNOWN (0)
  • STOPPED (1)
  • PENDING (2)
  • RUNNING (3)
  • WARNING (4)
  • ERROR (5)
Total CPU Usage SAP Sybase IQ server total CPU usage percentage, including both system and user usage.
IQ Memory Allocated Memory allocated by the SAP Sybase IQ server, in megabytes.
Number of Active Connections Total number of active connections including user and internode-communication connections.
Engine Statistics
KPI Description
Total CPU Usage SAP Sybase IQ server total CPU usage percentage, including both system and user usage.
CPU System Usage SAP Sybase IQ server system CPU usage percentile.
CPU User Usage SAP Sybase IQ server user CPU usage percentile.
IQ Memory Allocated Memory allocated by the SAP Sybase IQ server, in megabytes.
IQ Maximum Memory Allocated Maximum memory allocated by the SAP Sybase IQ server, in megabytes.
IQ Threads in Use Number of threads used by the SAP Sybase IQ server.
IQ Threads Available Number of threads available in the SAP Sybase IQ server.
Connection Statistics
KPI Description
Active Connections Total number of active connections including user and internode communication connections.
Active INC Incoming Connections Number of internode communication incoming connections.
Active INC Outgoing Connections Number of internode communication outgoing connections.
Active User Connections Number of active user connections.
Available Connections Number of concurrent connections available.
Resumed INC Connections Number of resumed internode communication connections since server startup.
Rolled back INC Connections On the writer, the number of rolled back global DML transactions due to INC failure. On the coordinator, the number of dropped INC connections that have been suspended.
Suspended INC Connections Number of suspended internode communication connections since server startup.
User Connections Per Minute Number of user connections per minute.
User Disconnections Per Minute Number of user disconnections per minute.
Transaction Statistics
KPI Description
Active Transactions Total number of active transactions, including user and INC transactions.
Active User Transactions Number of active user transactions.
Active INC Transactions Number of active internode communication transactions.
Active Load Table Statements Number of active LOAD TABLE statements.
DBSpace and DBSpace File Statistics
KPI Description
Percentage of Available DBSpace Percentage of the dbspace that is available.
DBSpace Size in Use Dbspace size in use (MB).
Percentage of Available DBSpace File Percentage of space available in the dbfile.
DBSpace File Size in Use Dbfile size in use (MB).
Store Input and Output Statistics
KPI Description
Catalog Store Disk Reads Per Second Number of kilobytes per second that have been read from the catalog store.
Catalog Store Disk Writes Per Second Number of kilobytes per second that have been written to the catalog store.
Temporary Store Disk Reads Per Second Number of kilobytes per second that have been read from the temporary store.
Temporary Store Disk Writes Per Second Number of kilobytes per second that have been written to the temporary store.
Main Store Disk Reads Per Second Number of kilobytes per second that have been read from the main store.
Main Store Disk Writes Per Second Number of kilobytes per second that have been written to the main store.
Cache Statistics
KPI Description
Catalog Cache Hits Per Second Number of catalog cache hits per second.
Catalog Cache Reads Per Second Number of catalog cache page lookups per second.
Catalog Cache Size Current catalog cache size, in megabytes.
Catalog Cache in Use Percentage of catalog cache in use.
Catalog Cache Pinned Number of pinned catalog cache pages.
Catalog Cache Pinned Percent Percentage of catalog cache pinned.
Catalog Cache Dirty Pages Percent Percentage of catalog cache dirty pages.
Temporary Cache Hits Per Second Number of temporary cache hits per second.
Temporary Cache Reads Per Second Number of temporary cache page lookups per second.
Temporary Cache Size Current temporary cache size, in megabytes.
Temporary Cache in Use Percentage of temporary cache in use.
Temporary Cache Pinned Number of pinned temporary cache pages.
Temporary Cache Pinned Percent Percentage of temporary cache pinned.
Temporary Cache Dirty Pages Percent Percentage of temporary cache dirty pages.
Main Cache Hits Per Second Number of main buffer cache hits per second.
Main Cache Reads Per Second Number of main buffer cache page lookups per second.
Main Cache Size Current main buffer cache size, in megabytes.
Main Cache in Use Percentage of main buffer cache in use.
Main Cache Pinned Number of pinned main buffer cache pages.
Main Cache Pinned Percent Percentage of main buffer cache pinned.
Main Cache Dirty Pages Percent Percentage of main buffer cache dirty pages.
Operations and Requests Statistics
KPI Description
IQ Waiting Operations Number of SAP Sybase IQ operations waiting for the resource governor.
IQ Active Operations Number of active concurrent operations admitted by the SAP Sybase IQ resource governor.
Requests Per Second Number of times per second the server has been entered to allow it to handle a new request or continue processing an existing request.
Unscheduled Requests Number of requests that are currently queued up waiting for an available server thread.
Network Statistics
KPI Description
Bytes Received Per Second Number of bytes per second received during client/server communications.
Bytes Received Uncompressed Per Second Number of bytes per second that would have been received during client/server communications if compression was disabled.
Bytes Sent Per Second Number of bytes per second sent during client/server communications.
Bytes Sent Uncompressed Per Second Number of bytes per second that would have been sent during client/server communications if compression was disabled.
Available Communication Buffers Number of available network communication buffers.
Total Communication Buffers Total number of network communication buffers.
Logical Server Availability Statistics
KPI Description
Logical Server Status

Status of the logical server.

  • RUNNING – at least one member node is running.
  • STOPPED – all member nodes are stopped.
  • UNKNOWN – the logical server source is unauthenticated.
Logical Server Engine Statistics
KPI Description
Average CPU Usage Average CPU usage for both system and users over all member nodes.
Minimum CPU Usage Minimum CPU usage for both system and users over all member nodes.
Maximum CPU Usage Maximum CPU usage for both system and users over all member nodes.
Logical Server Connection Statistics
KPI Description
Average Available Connections Average number of concurrent connections available over all member nodes.
Minimum Available Connections Minimum number of concurrent connections available over all member nodes.
Maximum Available Connections Maximum number of concurrent connections available over all member nodes.
Total Available Connections Total number of concurrent connections available over all member nodes.
Average User Connections Average number of active user connections over all member nodes.
Minimum User Connections Minimum number of active user connections over all member nodes.
Maximum User Connections Maximum number of active user connections over all member nodes.
Total User Connections Total number of active user connections available over all member nodes.
Logical Server Transaction Statistics
KPI Description
Average User Transactions Average number of active user transactions available over all member nodes.
Minimum User Transactions Minimum number of active user transactions available over all member nodes.
Maximum User Transactions Maximum number of active user transactions available over all member nodes.
Total User Transactions Total number of active user transactions available over all member nodes.
Average Active Load Table Statements Average number of active load table statements over all member nodes.
Minimum Active Load Table Statements Minimum number of active load table statements over all member nodes.
Maximum Active Load Table Statements Maximum number of active load table statements over all member nodes.
Total Active Load Table Statements Total number of active load table available over all member nodes.
Logical Server Cache Statistics
KPI Description
Average Catalog Cache in Use Average percentage of catalog cache in use over all member nodes.
Minimum Catalog Cache in Use Minimum percentage of catalog cache in use over all member nodes.
Maximum Catalog Cache in Use Maximum percentage of catalog cache in use over all member nodes.
Average Temporary Cache in Use Average percentage of temporary cache in use over all member nodes.
Minimum Temporary Cache in Use Minimum percentage of temporary cache in use over all member nodes.
Maximum Temporary Cache in Use Maximum percentage of temporary cache in use over all member nodes
Average Main Cache in Use Average percentage of main buffer cache in use over all member nodes.
Minimum Main Cache in Use Minimum percentage of main buffer cache in use over all member nodes.
Maximum Main Cache in Use Maximum percentage of main buffer cache in use over all member nodes
Logical Server Operations and Requests Statistics
KPI Description
Average Waiting Operations Average number of SAP Sybase IQ operations waiting for the resource governor over all member nodes.
Minimum Waiting Operations Minimum number of SAP Sybase IQ operations waiting for the resource governor over all member nodes.
Maximum Waiting Operations Maximum number of SAP Sybase IQ operations waiting for the resource governor over all member nodes.
Total Waiting Operations Total number of SAP Sybase IQ operations waiting for the resource governor over all member nodes.
Average Active Operations Average number of active concurrent operations admitted by the SAP Sybase IQ resource governor over all member nodes.
Minimum Active Operations Minimum number of active concurrent operations admitted by the SAP Sybase IQ resource governor over all member nodes.
Minimum Active Operations Maximum number of active concurrent operations admitted by the SAP Sybase IQ resource governor over all member nodes.
Total Active Operations Total number of active concurrent operations admitted by the SAP Sybase IQ resource governor over all member nodes.
Related concepts
About Statistics
Related tasks
Graphing Performance Counters: the Statistics Chart
Creating an Alert
Related reference
SAP Sybase IQ Data Collections