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NAME

       pmlogsummary - calculate averages of metrics stored in a set of PCP archives

SYNOPSIS

       pmlogsummary [-abfFHiIlmMNsvVxyz?]  [-B nbins] [-n pmnsfile] [-p precision] [-S starttime]
       [-T endtime] [-Z timezone] archive [metricname ...]

DESCRIPTION

       pmlogsummary prints statistical information about metrics of numeric type contained within
       the  files of a set of Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) archive logs.  The default output prints
       time averages for both counter and non-counter  metrics.   The  set  of  archive  logs  is
       identified  by archive, which is a comma-separated list of names, each of which may be the
       base name of an archive or the name of a directory containing one or more  archives.   The
       archive logs are typically created using pmlogger(1).

       The  metrics  of  interest are named in the metricname arguments.  If metricname is a non-
       leaf node in  the  Performance  Metrics  Name  Space  (PMNS(5)),  then  pmlogsummary  will
       recursively  descend  the PMNS and report on all leaf nodes.  If no metricname argument is
       given, the root of the namespace is used.

       Metrics with counter semantics are converted to rates before being evaluated.

OPTIONS

       The available command line options are:

       -a, --all
            Print all information.  This is equivalent to -blmMy.

       -b   Print both forms of averaging, that is both stochastic and time averaging.

       -B nbins, --bins=nbins
            Print the approximate distribution of values, using  histogram  bins  such  that  the
            value  range  (minimum - maximum) for each metric is divided equally into nbins bins,
            and each bin accumulates the frequency of observed values in the corresponding range.
            Refer  to  the  ``OUTPUT  FORMAT''  section  below  for  a  description  of  how  the
            distribution of values is reported).

       -f   Spreadsheet format - the tab character is used to delimit each field  printed.   This
            option  is  intended to allow pmlogsummary output to be imported directly into common
            spreadsheet applications.

       -F   Spreadsheet format - the comma character is used to delimit each field printed.  This
            option  is  intended to allow pmlogsummary output to be imported directly into common
            spreadsheet applications which support the Comma Separated Value (.csv) format.

       -H, --header
            Print a one-line header at the start showing what each field represents.

       -i, --mintime
            Also print the time at which the minimum  value  was  logged.   The  format  of  this
            timestamp is described in the ``OUTPUT FORMAT'' section below.

       -I, --maxtime
            Also  print  the  time  at  which  the  maximum value was logged.  The format of this
            timestamp is described in the ``OUTPUT FORMAT'' section below.

       -l, --label
            Also print the archive label, showing the log format version, the time and  date  for
            the start and end of the archive time window, and the host from which the performance
            metrics values were collected.

       -m, --minimum
            Also print the minimum logged value for each metric.

       -M, --maximum
            Also print the maximum logged value for each metric.

       -n pmnsfile, --namespace=pmnsfile
            Load an alternative Performance Metrics Name Space (PMNS(5)) from the file pmnsfile.

       -N   Suppress any warnings resulting from individual archive fetches (default).

       -p precision, --precision=precision
            Print all floating point numbers with precision digits after the decimal place.

       -s, --sum
            Print (only) the sum of all logged values for each metric.

       -S starttime, --start=starttime
            Set the  starttime  of  the  time  window.   Refer  to  PCPIntro(1)  for  a  complete
            description of the syntax for starttime.

       -T endtime, --finish=endtime
            Set  the endtime of the time window.  Refer to PCPIntro(1) for a complete description
            of the syntax for endtime.

       -v, --verbose
            Report (verbosely) on warnings resulting from individual archive fetches.

       -V, --version
            Display version number and exit.

       -x   Print stochastic averages instead of the default (time averages).

       -y, --samples
            Also print the number of samples encountered in the set of archives for each metric.

       -z, --hostzone
            Change the timezone to the local timezone at the host  that  is  the  source  of  the
            performance metrics, as specified in the label record of the archive log.

       -Z timezone, --timezone=timezone
            By  default,  pmlogsummary reports the time of day according to the local timezone on
            the system where pmlogsummary is run.  Change the timezone to timezone in the  format
            of the environment variable TZ as described in environ(7).

       -?, --help
            Display usage message and exit.

OUTPUT FORMAT

       The  pmlogsummary  output  format  is  spartan as it is intended to be post-processed with
       standard tools.  This means that there is no annotation associated with each output  field
       which would make processing harder.  The intention is that pmlogsummary output be massaged
       into a format which can be used by a spreadsheet program, is suitable for inclusion  in  a
       web page, or whatever.

       For each metric, pmlogsummary produces a single output line as follows:

          metricname  value(s) units

       For  metrics  with  multiple  instances, pmlogsummary produces multiple lines of output as
       follows:

          metricname ["instance 1"] value(s) units
          metricname ["instance 2"] value(s) units
          metricname ["instance N"] value(s) units

       The printed value(s) for each metric always follow this order:  stochastic  average,  time
       average, minimum, minimum timestamp, maximum, maximum timestamp, count, [bin 1 range], bin
       1 count, ... [bin nbins range], bin nbins count.  The individual values  for  each  metric
       are space-separated (unless the -f option is used).

       All  counter  metrics  which  are  measured  in units of time will be converted to seconds
       before being rate converted  and  used  in  the  pmlogsummary  calculations.   The  values
       calculated for these metrics are also printed in seconds.

       The units will be displayed in the format described by pmUnitsStr(3).

       Given  either  of  the  -i  or  -I  options, pmlogsummary produces two different timestamp
       formats, depending on the interval over which it is run.  For an interval greater than  24
       hours,  the  date  is  displayed in addition to the time at which the maxima and/or minima
       occurred.  If the extent of the data being checked is less than 24 hours, a  more  precise
       format is used (time is displayed with millisecond precision, but without the date).

NOTES

       The average for an individual metric is calculated as follows:

       Non-counter  metrics  are  averaged  using  stochastic averaging - each observation has an
       equal weighting towards the calculation of the average (the sum of all values  divided  by
       the total number of values, for each metric).

       Counter  metrics  are averaged using time averaging (by default), but the -x option can be
       used to specify that counters be averaged  using  the  stochastic  method  instead.   When
       calculating  a time average, the sum of the product of each sample value multiplied by the
       time difference between each sample, is divided by the total time over which  that  metric
       was logged.

       Counter  metrics whose measurements do not span 90% of the set of archives will be printed
       with the metric name prefixed by an asterisk (*).

EXAMPLES

       $ pmlogsummary -aN -p 1 -B 3 surf network.interface.out.bytes
       Log Label (Log Format Version 1)
       Performance metrics from host www.sgi.com
         commencing Tue Jan 14 20:50:50.317 1997
         ending     Wed Jan 29 10:13:07.387 1997
       network.interface.out.bytes ["xpi0"] 202831.3 202062.5 20618.7 \
            1235067.7 971 [<=425435.0] 912 [<=830251.4] 42 [<=1235067.7] \
            17 byte / sec
       network.interface.out.bytes ["xpi1"] 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1033 [<=0.0] \
            1033 [] 0 [] 0 byte / sec
       network.interface.out.bytes ["et0"] 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1033 [<=0.0] \
            1033 [] 0 [] 0 byte / sec
       network.interface.out.bytes ["lo0"] 899.0 895.2 142.6 9583.1 1031 \
            [<=3289.4] 1027 [<=6436.2] 3 [<=9583.1] 1 byte / sec

       A description of each field in the first line of statistical output, which  describes  one
       instance of the network.interface.out.bytes metric, follows:

                      ┌──────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────┐
                      │    Field     │                  Meaning                  │
                      ├──────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────┤
                      │["xpi0"]      │ instance name                             │
                      │202831.3      │ stochastic average                        │
                      │202062.5      │ time average                              │
                      │20618.7       │ minimum value                             │
                      │1235067.7     │ maximum value                             │
                      │971           │ total number of values for this instance  │
                      │[<=425435.0]  │ range for first bin  (20618.7-425435.0)   │
                      │912           │ number of values in first bin             │
                      │[<=830251.4]  │ range for second bin  (425435.0-830251.4) │
                      │42            │ number of values in second bin            │
                      │[<=1235067.7] │ range for third bin  (830251.4-1235067.7) │
                      │17            │ number of values in third bin             │
                      │byte / sec    │ base units for this metric                │
                      └──────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────┘

FILES

       $PCP_VAR_DIR/pmns/*
            default PMNS specification files

       $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmlogger/<hostname>
            Default  directory  for  PCP  archives containing performance metric values collected
            from the host <hostname>.

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),  pmchart(1), pmdumptext(1), pmlogextract(1), pmlogger(1), pmrep(1), pmval(1),
       PMAPI(3), pmUnitsStr(3) and PMNS(5).