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PMDATRIVIAL(1) General Commands Manual PMDATRIVIAL(1)
pmdatrivial - trivial performance metrics domain agent (PMDA)
$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/trivial/pmdatrivial [-D debug] [-d domain] [-l
logfile] [-U username]
pmdatrivial is the simplest possible Performance Metrics Domain
Agent (PMDA) which exports a single performance metric, the time
in seconds since the 1st of January, 1970.
The trivial PMDA is shipped as source code and is designed to be
an aid for PMDA developers.
A brief description of the pmdatrivial command line options
follows:
-d It is absolutely crucial that the performance metrics domain
number specified here is unique and consistent. That is,
domain should be different for every PMDA on the one host,
and the same domain number should be used for the same PMDA
on all hosts.
-l Location of the log file. By default, a log file named
trivial.log is written in the current directory of pmcd(1)
when pmdatrivial is started, i.e. $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd. If the
log file cannot be created or is not writable, output is
written to the standard error instead.
-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.
If you want access to the names, help text and values for the
trivial performance metrics, do the following as root:
# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/trivial
# ./Install
If you want to undo the installation, do the following as root:
# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/trivial
# ./Remove
pmdatrivial 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.
$PCP_PMCDCONF_PATH
command line options used to launch pmdatrivial
$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/trivial/help
default help text file for the trivial metrics
$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/trivial/Install
installation script for the pmdatrivial agent
$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/trivial/Remove
undo installation script for the pmdatrivial agent
$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/trivial.log
default log file for error messages and other information
from pmdatrivial
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).
The -D or --debug option enables the output of additional
diagnostics on stderr to help triage problems, although the
information is sometimes cryptic and primarily intended to provide
guidance for developers rather end-users. debug is a comma
separated list of debugging options; use pmdbg(1) with the -l
option to obtain a list of the available debugging options and
their meaning.
PCPIntro(1), pmcd(1), pmdasample(1), pmdasimple(1), pmdatxmon(1)
and PMDA(3).
This page is part of the PCP (Performance Co-Pilot) project.
Information about the project can be found at
⟨http://www.pcp.io/⟩. If you have a bug report for this manual
page, send it to [email protected]. This page was obtained from the
project's upstream Git repository
⟨https://github.com/performancecopilot/pcp.git⟩ on 2025-08-11.
(At that time, the date of the most recent commit that was found
in the repository was 2025-08-11.) If you discover any rendering
problems in this HTML version of the page, or you believe there is
a better or more up-to-date source for the page, or you have
corrections or improvements to the information in this COLOPHON
(which is not part of the original manual page), send a mail to
[email protected]
Performance Co-Pilot PCP PMDATRIVIAL(1)
Pages that refer to this page: pmdasample(1), pmdasimple(1), pmdatxmon(1)
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