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PMDAHDB(1)               General Commands Manual               PMDAHDB(1)

NAME         top

       pmdahdb - SAP HANA PMDA

DESCRIPTION         top

       pmdahdb is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which exports
       metric values about an SAP HANA (High-performance ANalytic
       Appliance) database, a multi-model database that stores data in
       its memory instead of keeping it on a disk.

       This PMDA can be used in scale-out scenarios.  All metrics are
       Host and Port aware.  Host and Port are included in the instance
       names (<host>.<port>.<instance>).

       pmdahdb currently does not support Multitenant Database Container
       (MDC) systems.  The agent can only target a single database
       container at the moment (this container can be a tenant database).

INSTALLATION         top

       The hdb configuration is maintained with hdb.conf.  Currently
       there is only one hdb section that contains the SAP HANA
       connection parameters.  Quoted passwords are supported.  For more
       information about quoted passwords, see:
       https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_HANA_ONE/102d9916bf77407ea3942fef93a47da8/61662e3032ad4f8dbdb5063a21a7d706.html#password-layout

       Install the hdb PMDA by using the Install script as root:

           # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/hdb
           # ./Install

       To uninstall, do the following as root:

           # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/hdb
           # ./Remove

       pmdahdb is launched by pmcd(1) and should never be executed
       directly.  The Install and Remove scripts notify pmcd(1) when the
       agent is installed or removed.

FILES         top

       $PCP_SYSCONF_DIR/hdb/hdb.conf
           configuration file for the pmdahdb agent

       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/hdb/Install
           installation script for the pmdahdb agent

       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/hdb/Remove
           undo installation script for the pmdahdb agent

       $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/hdb.log
           default log file for error messages from pmdahdb

PCP ENVIRONMENT         top

       Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to
       parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP.  On each
       installation, the file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for
       these variables.  The $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an
       alternative configuration file, as described in pcp.conf(5).

SEE ALSO         top

       PCPIntro(1), pmcd(1), pminfo(1) and pmpython(1).

COLOPHON         top

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