GiAPA Licensing

With the Free Trial you may let GiAPA collect 48 hours of performance data from all active jobs within one selected LPAR. As results of the free automatic analysis you will get the third-best optimisation opportunity in two areas — one program function and one file access — plus the totals for number of optimization potentials found, and the estimated run time savings possible. GiAPA will use its AAA (Automatic Application Analysis) feature to find and document the potential performance gain and the estimated time needed to implement the improvement.
In short, AAA is the perfect appetizer to discover what GiAPA can do — at no cost.

A GiAPA Health Check provides a complete 48-hour performance analysis based on data collected from all active jobs on one selected LPAR. You get full access to every hotspot and can use all of GiAPA’s analysis and optimisation features to improve job performance across the board. It’s the logical next step after AAA — but you can also start directly with a Health Check to gain immediate, in-depth insight.
The Health Check is priced at just 25% of a full license and can be upgraded to a full license within three months — making it an easy, low-risk way to unlock the full value of GiAPA.

A full GiAPA license allows continuous 24/7 data collection, ensuring that every relevant performance event is captured automatically. Whenever GiAPA detects a job using more than a user-defined CPU threshold (default 4%) during a 15-second interval, it records detailed hotspot information about job activity and file access. With GiAPA active, you always have the data you need to analyse performance issues. The AAA feature (Automatic Application Analysis) can detect and document performance optimization potential in programs across all jobs.
Licensing is per LPAR, based on IBM i model and number of active cores.

The Operation License runs continuously like the Full License but without the ability to analyze hotspot data, meaning that optimization potential is not shown. It provides 24/7 operational monitoring and reporting on all job activity — ideal if you need a complete workload overview but not the in-depth analysis required to make program changes. This option is often used by outsourcers who want to track system utilisation and assess whether each IBM i unit has sufficient capacity to host additional customer LPARs. The Operation License is priced at 50% of a full license and follows the same model — based on IBM i model and number of active cores for the designated LPARs.

GiAPA’s SQL Observer offers automated collection of Plan Cache data for user selected jobs with user selected intervals, thereby offering a less resource intensive alternative to permanent data collection for SQL statements in all jobs. Plan Cache data is needed by IBMs SQL Performance Center for detailed analysis of the Access Method selected by the Query Optimizer. GiAPA’s report on the collected data includes job, SQL statement, where the Plan Cache data is stored, time for each dump, reason why the access plan was selected and whether it was changed.
SQL Observer is included in the Full GiAPA License but can also be purchased separately when the primary goal is to improve SQL performance.
An SQL Observer license is priced at 33% of a full license and can be upgraded to a Full GiAPA License at any time.