Session data counters

Data counter definitions

Name Description Version Granularity Type Level
createdSessions Number of sessions created 3.5.5 and above per web application CountStatistic Low
invalidatedSessions Number of sessions invalidated 3.5.5 and above per web application CountStatistic Low
sessionLifeTime The average session lifetime 3.5.5 and above per web application TimeStatistic Medium
activeSessions The number of concurrently active sessions. A session is active if WebSphere is currently processing a request which uses that session. 3.5.5 and above per web application RangeStatistic High
liveSession The number of sessions that are currently cached in memory 5.0 and above per web application RangeStatistic High
NoRoomForNewSession Applies only to session in memory with AllowOverflow=false. The number of times that a request for a new session can not be handled because it would exceed the maximum session count. 5.0 per Web application CountStatistic Low
cacheDiscards Number of session objects that have been forced out of the cache. (An LRU algorithm removes old entries to make room for new sessions and cache misses). Applicable only for persistent sessions. 5.0 per Web application CountStatistic Low
externalReadTime Time (milliseconds) taken in reading the session data from persistent store. For multirow sessions, the metrics are for the attribute; for single row sessions, the metrics are for the whole session. Applicable only for persistent sessions. When using a JMS persistent store, the user has the choice of whether to serialize the data being replicated. If they choose not to serialize the data, the counter will not be available. 5.0 per Web application TimeStatistic Medium
externalReadSize Size of session data read from persistent store. Applicable only for (serialized) persistent sessions; similar to externalReadTime above. 5.0 per Web application TimeStatistic Medium
externalWriteTime Time (milliseconds) taken to write the session data from the persistent store. Applicable only for (serialized) persistent sessions. Similar to externalReadTime above. 5.0 per Web application TimeStatistic Medium
externalWriteSize Size of session data written to persistent store. Applicable only for (serialized) persistent sessions. Similar to externalReadTime above. 5.0 per Web application TimeStatistic Medium
affinityBreaks The number of requests received for sessions that were last accessed from another Web application. This can indicate failover processing or a corrupt plug-in configuration. 5.0 per Web application CountStatistic Low
serializableSessObjSize The size in bytes of (the serializable attributes of ) in-memory sessions. Only count session objects that contain at least one serializable attribute object. Note that a session may contain some attributes that are serializable and some that are not. The size in bytes is at a session level. 5.0 per Web application TimeStatistic Max
timeSinceLastActivated The time difference in milliseconds between previous and current access time stamps. Does not include session time out. 5.0 per Web application TimeStatistic Medium
invalidatedViaTimeout The number of requests for a session that no CountStatistic exists, presumeably because the session timed out. 5.0 per Web application CountStatistic Low
attemptToActivateNotExistentSession Number of requests for a session that no longer exists, presumeably because the session timed out. Use this counter to help determine if the timeout is too short. 5.0 per Web application CountStatistic Low