NAME

       pmdalmsensors - Linux hardware monitoring performance metrics domain agent (PMDA)

SYNOPSIS

       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/lmsensors/pmdalmsensors [-d domain] [-l logfile] [-U username]

DESCRIPTION

       pmdalmsensors  is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which extracts performance metrics describing
       the state of hardware using the lm-sensors on compatible motherboards.

       The lmsensors PMDA exports metrics that measure fan speeds, core temperatures and voltage levels.

       A brief description of the pmdalmsensors 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 lmsensors.log is written in the current
            directory of pmcd(1) when pmdalmsensors 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.

INSTALLATION

       If  you  want  access  to  the  names, help text and values for the lmsensors performance metrics, do the
       following as root:

            # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/lmsensors
            # ./Install

       If you want to undo the installation, do the following as root:

            # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/lmsensors
            # ./Remove

       pmdalmsensors 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

       $PCP_PMCDCONF_PATH
                 command line options used to launch pmdalmsensors
       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/lmsensors/help
                 default help text file for the lmsensors metrics
       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/lmsensors/Install
                 installation script for the pmdalmsensors agent
       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/lmsensors/Remove
                 undo installation script for the pmdalmsensors agent
       $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/lmsensors.log
                 default log file for error messages and other information from pmdalmsensors

PCP ENVIRONMENT

       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

       PCPIntro(1), pmcd(1), pcp.conf(5) and pcp.env(5).

Performance Co-Pilot                                   PCP                                      PMDALMSENSORS(1)