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.TH PMDATXMON 1 "PCP" "Performance Co-Pilot"
.SH NAME
\f3pmdatxmon\f1 \- \*(ia performance metrics domain agent (PMDA)
.SH SYNOPSIS
\f3$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/\*(ia/pmda\*(ia\f1
[\f3\-d\f1 \f2domain\f1]
[\f3\-l\f1 \f2logfile\f1]
[\f3\-U\f1 \f2username\f1]
\f2tx_type\f1 ...
.br
\f3$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/\*(ia/txrecord\f1
[\f3\-l\f1]
.br
\f3$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/\*(ia/txrecord\f1
\f2tx_type servtime\f1 [\f2tx_type servtime\f1 ... ]
.br
\f3$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/\*(ia/genload\f1
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B pmda\*(ia
is an example Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which exports
a small number of performance metrics from a simulated transaction
monitor.
.PP
The \*(ia PMDA is
shipped as both binary and source code and is designed to be
an aid for PMDA developers;
the \*(ia PMDA demonstrates how performance
data can be exported from an application (in this case
.BR txrecord )
to the PCP infrastructure via a shared memory segment.
As a matter of convenience,
.B pmda\*(ia
creates (and destroys on exit) the shared memory segment.
.PP
The
.I tx_type
arguments are arbitrary unique tags used to identify different
transaction types.
.PP
The
.B txrecord
application simulates the processing of one or more transactions identified
by
.I tx_type
and with an observed service time of
.I servtime .
.PP
With the
.B \-l
option,
.B txrecord
displays the current summary of the transaction activity from
the shared memory segment.
.PP
.B genload
is a shell and
.BR awk (1)
script that acts as a front-end to
.B txrecord
to generate a constant load of simulated transaction activity.
.PP
A brief description of the
.B pmda\*(ia
command line options follows:
.TP 5
.B \-d
It is absolutely crucial that the performance metrics
.I domain
number specified here is unique and consistent.
That is,
.I domain
should be different for every PMDA on the one host, and the same
.I domain
number should be used for the same PMDA on all hosts.
.TP
.B \-l
Location of the log file.  By default, a log file named
.I \*(ia.log
is written in the current directory of
.BR pmcd (1)
when
.B pmda\*(ia
is started, i.e.
.BR $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd .
If the log file cannot
be created or is not writable, output is written to the standard error instead.
.TP 5
.B \-U
User account under which to run the agent.
The default is the unprivileged "pcp" account in current versions of PCP,
but in older versions the superuser account ("root") was used by default.
.SH INSTALLATION
If you want access to the names, help text and values for the \*(ia
performance metrics, do the following as root:
.PP
.ft CW
.nf
.in +0.5i
# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/\*(ia
# ./Install
.in
.fi
.ft 1
.PP
You will be prompted for the
.I tx_type
tags.
.PP
If you want to undo the installation, do the following as root:
.PP
.ft CW
.nf
.in +0.5i
# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/\*(ia
# ./Remove
.in
.fi
.ft 1
.PP
.B pmda\*(ia
is launched by
.BR pmcd (1)
and should never be executed directly.
The Install and Remove scripts notify
.BR pmcd (1)
when the agent is installed or removed.
.SH FILES
.PD 0
.TP 10
.B $PCP_PMCDCONF_PATH
command line options used to launch
.B pmda\*(ia
.TP
.B $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/\*(ia/help
default help text file for the \*(ia metrics
.TP
.B $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/\*(ia/Install
installation script for the
.B pmda\*(ia
agent
.TP
.B $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/\*(ia/Remove
undo installation script for the 
.B pmda\*(ia
agent
.TP
.B $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/\*(ia.log
default log file for error messages and other information from
.B pmda\*(ia
.PD
.SH "PCP ENVIRONMENT"
Environment variables with the prefix
.B PCP_
are used to parameterize the file and directory names
used by PCP.
On each installation, the file
.B /etc/pcp.conf
contains the local values for these variables.
The
.B $PCP_CONF
variable may be used to specify an alternative
configuration file,
as described in
.BR pcp.conf (5).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR PCPIntro (1),
.BR pmcd (1),
.BR pmdasample (1),
.BR pmdatrivial (1),
.BR txmonvis (1)
and
.BR PMDA (3).