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IBM RMF for z/OS Grafana Plugin

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  2. PDF Guide

    You can find the link to view or download IBM RMF for z/OS Grafana plugin user guide as a PDF file.

  • Overview

    Grafana is a platform for monitoring and visualizing data. It enables users to create, explore, and share dashboards that are interactive and customizable. The IBM® RMF for z/OS Grafana plugin provides effortless analysis and visualization of Resource Measurement Facility for z/OS (RMF for z/OS) Monitor III metrics and reports within the Grafana platform. Thereby, you can monitor and analyze the health and performance of applications.

  • Release notes

    This article covers the new features, system requirements, and known issues of the IBM® RMF for z/OS Grafana plugin.

  • Installing the plugin

    You must install the IBM® RMF for z/OS Grafana plugin to analyze and visualize RMF Monitor III metrics and reports.

  • Upgrading the plugin

    You must ensure that the IBM RMF for z/OS Grafana plugin is up to date to leverage its enhanced functionalities. You can do so by either installing or upgrading to the latest version of the plugin.

  • Creating RMF data sources

    To access RMF Monitor III metrics in Grafana, you need to connect to the Distributed Data Servers by adding an RMF data source.

  • RMF master dashboard

    IBM® RMF for z/OS Grafana is a plugin provides custom panels for the RMF data source and master dashboard that consists of RMF Charts, RMF Reporting, and RMF Time Series dashboards.

  • Applying visualization to RMF data

    By adding panels to dashboards, you can effectively present your RMF data in a visual format. Each panel must require at least one query to display a significant visualization.

  • IBM RMF query languages

    In Grafana, queries are essential for fetching and transforming data from RMF data sources.

  • RMF Variable Query syntax

    Variables are a powerful tool to create more interactive and dynamic dashboards. They offer a way to replace hard-coded values in metric queries and panel titles with placeholders for values.

  • Alerts

    Grafana Alerting feature provides a reliable solution to detect and respond to system issues in real time.

  • Historical data

    In Grafana, you can view historical data using absolute and relative time ranges.

  • Error types

    Whenever you encounter issues while using the IBM RMF for z/OS Grafana plugin, you can view detailed error messages that contain sufficient information to help you identify and troubleshoot the problem.

  • Troubleshooting issues

    This section guides how to analyze and address typical issues that may arise when using the IBM® RMF for z/OS Grafana plugin.

  • Grafana through z/OSMF

    When you use IBM® z/OS Management Facility to monitor the performance of the z/OS sysplexes in your environment, you can also access Grafana dashboards from z/OSMF.

  • PDF Guide

    You can find the link to view or download IBM RMF for z/OS Grafana plugin user guide as a PDF file.

PDF Guide

You can find the link to view or download IBM RMF for z/OS Grafana plugin user guide as a PDF file.

IBM RMF for z/OS Grafana User Guide