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NAME

pmgrd - The Performance Manager metrics server for Digital UNIX

 

SYNOPSIS

/usr/opt/pm/scripts/pmgrd [ start | stop ]

 

DESCRIPTION

The Performance Manager (PM) metrics server for Digital UNIX (pmgrd) is a UNIX daemon process that provides general UNIX performance metrics on request by the PM GUI (pmgr(1)) and other clients.

The pmgrd metrics server supports the Digital UNIX extensible SNMP agent mechanism (eSNMP). In particular, the pmgrd metrics server will operate as an eSNMP subagent when the Digital UNIX extensible SNMP agent (snmpd) is running.

In addition, the pmgrd metrics server also listens for SNMP requests on a private UDP port. Besides accepting SNMPv1 requests, the private port also supports the "SNMPv2 classic" GET-BULK request for efficient bulk data transfer (using noAuth/noPriv security). The pmgr(1) and getbulk(1) programs require this capability.

The MIB (management information base) variables implemented by the pmgrd metrics server can be found in the file

The pmgrd metrics server automatically starts after a successful installation of Performance Manager and when a node is rebooted. If the metrics server is not running on a node, it may have failed to start, been explicitly stopped, or crashed; see the metrics server log file, /var/opt/pm/log/pmgrd.log, for the possible indications as to the cause.

 

CONFIGURING pmgrd

The specific UDP port number that pmgrd uses as its private SNMP port is specified at installation time and stored in the file as the "pmgr-snmp" service.

 

EXAMPLES

To see if the Performance Manager metrics server is running, issue the following command:
   ps awx | grep pmgrd

If the metrics server is running, you should see output similar to the following:
  329 ??       S <      0:16.02 bin/pmgrd
  292 ttyp1    S  +     0:00.03 grep pmgrd

If you need to start the metrics server, issue the command in a account with the argument:
   /usr/opt/pm/scripts/pmgrd start To stop the metrics server, issue the command with the argument:
   /usr/opt/pm/scripts/pmgrd stop The Performance Manager metrics server for Digital UNIX runs with and set to null, and its working directory set to

 

RESTRICTIONS

must be started in a account.

 

FILES

Performance Manager daemon startup & shutdown script.
Performance Manager metrics server executable file.
Performance Manager metrics server log file.
Performance Manager metrics server configuration file.
Performance Manager MIB file in SNMPv2 syntax. This file describes the set of metrics that clients of the Performance Manager metrics server can query using SNMP requests.
Performance Manager MIB file in SNMPv1 syntax. This file is for use with POLYCENTER NetView and other SNMPv1 applications.
Performance Manager metrics server message file.
Directory containing Performance Manager files.

 

RELATED INFORMATION

The Performance Manager GUI.
The Performance Manager archiver.
Performance Manager User's Guide.
getone(1), getmany(1), getbulk(1), gettab(1)
These UNIX commands issue SNMP requests. You can use these commands to talk directly to the Performance Manager metrics server if you set the environment variable PMGR_SNMP_PORT.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
CONFIGURING pmgrd
EXAMPLES
RESTRICTIONS
FILES
RELATED INFORMATION

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