Tutorials

Learn how to get the most out of GiAPA!

Explore our quick, practical tutorials that guide you through installation, setup, and performance analysis.
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01) Basic concepts

Basic concepts, installation, menu and commands (14 minutes)

02) Data collection

Starting and ending data collection (18 minutes)

03) Expansion & Analysis

Data expansion & analysis: Creating the GiAPA data base (24 min.)

04) Job Summary

Job Summary exception report, and job interval details (24 minutes)

05) File Accesses

Analyzing file access (18 minutes)

06) Call Stack Analysis

Call stack analysis (18 minutes)

07) Details of All Jobs

Reporting based on detailed performance data (16 minutes)

08) HotSpot Statistics

Global HotSpot analysis per program or file (24 minutter)

09) Summary Reports

Summaries per job, user, or data collection interval (17 minutes)

10) GiAPA Graphics

How to create charts: GiAPA graphics feature (28 minutes)

11) Data base utilities

Data base file utilities (12 minutes)

12) SQL and Query

SQL Observer and Tracking use of Query400 (13 minutes)

13) Housekeeping

Install. parm.s, export/import data, housekeeping (13 minutes)

14) Optimization

Optimization tips and techniques for development (33 minutes)

15) Job Watch

ColdSpots, Job Watch function, Waits (8 minutes)

16) Front end to PEX

Front end to IBM's PEX *STATS

17) Trace Job Analysis

Analysis of data from IBM's Trace Job command (10 minutes)