Distributed Db2 for z/OS traces in Instana APM
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z/IRIS enables the JDBC observability for JDBC calls processed by IBM Db2 for z/OS systems Instana APM. Refer to Distributed Db2 for z/OS observability for more information about how z/IRIS traces JDBC requests.
Requirements
z/IRIS instrumentation should be activated with Instana Java agents to that have been configured to enable z/IRIS related JDBC instrumentation.
Refer to How to Enable system-wide Instana instrumentation for more information about activating z/IRIS instrumentation.
Db2 Accounting span
Unless otherwise specified below, the tags in Instana Db2 Accounting traces are the same as the tags in Db2 Accounting traces for OpenTelemetry
Instana Tag | OpenTelemetry Tag Name | Notes |
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| The z/OS LPAR which hosts the Db2 server that processed the JDBC request. |
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Db2 Accounting call created in Instana APM by z/IRIS
>> Distributed Db2 for z/OS observability
>> Db2 Accounting trace tags
Db2 Deadlock span
Unless otherwise specified below, the tags in Instana Deadlock traces are the same as the tags in Db2 Deadlock Spans | Deadlock-span .
Instana Tag | OpenTelemetry Tag Name | Notes |
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| The z/OS LPAR which hosts the Db2 server that processed the JDBC request. |
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Deadlock call in Instana APM created by z/IRIS
>> Db2 Deadlock trace attributes
>> Distributed Db2 for z/OS observability
Db2 deadlock resource name (RNA) child spans
Unless otherwise specified below, the tags in Instana Deadlock traces are the same as the tags in Db2 Deadlock Spans | Db2-Resource-name-span .
Instana Tag | OpenTelemetry Tag Name | Notes |
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| The z/OS LPAR which hosts the Db2 server that processed the JDBC request. |
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>> Db2 Deadlock trace attributes with OpenTelemetry
>> Distributed Db2 for z/OS observability
Db2 deadlock waiter and holder child spans
Unless otherwise specified below, the tags in Instana Deadlock traces are the same as the tags in Db2 Deadlock Spans | Waiter-child-span and Db2 Deadlock Spans | Holder-child-span .
Instana Tag | OpenTelemetry Tag Name | Notes |
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| The z/OS LPAR which hosts the Db2 server that processed the JDBC request. |
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Db2 Deadlock Participant span
For more information about Db2 Deadlock Participant traces, click here.
Unless otherwise specified below, the tags in Instana Deadlock traces are the same as the tags in Db2 Deadlock Spans | Deadlock-Participant-span .
Instana Tag | OpenTelemetry Tag Name | Notes |
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| The z/OS LPAR which hosts the Db2 server that processed the JDBC request. |
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Deadlock APM events
z/IRIS will also create an Instana event for each Db2 z/OS deadlock trace (IFCID 172). See Events | Db2-Deadlock-events for details about the event data.
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Use the Instana Analyze dashboard to search for traces with the Trace ID provided in the deadlock event details.
>> Events | Db2-Deadlock-events
>> OpenTelemetry To Instana Trace SDK Web service Transformation