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Enabling in-depth monitoring of DB2 UDB instance

Shallow monitoring of a DB2 UDB instance involves either checking the "db2nps" output, which displays active processes for the instance or the database partition, or checking the exit status of the db2gcf command. By contrast, in-depth monitoring provides a higher level of confidence in the availability of the instance or partition and its database by making additional queries to the database to verify whether the database is available.