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NAME

       pmseries - display information about performance metric timeseries

SYNOPSIS

       pmseries  [-adFiIlLmMnqsStvV?]   [-c  config] [-g pattern] [-h host] [-p port] [-w window]
       [-Z timezone] [query | labels ... | series ... | source ... ]

DESCRIPTION

       pmseries displays various types of information about performance metrics available through
       the  scalable  timeseries  facilities  of  the  Performance  Co-Pilot  (PCP) and the Redis
       distributed data store.

       By default pmseries communicates with a local  redis-server(1),  however  the  -h  and  -p
       options can be used to specify an alternate Redis instance.  If this instance is a node of
       a Redis cluster,  all  other  instances  in  the  cluster  will  be  discovered  and  used
       automatically.

       pmseries  runs  in  several  different  modes  -  either  querying timeseries identifiers,
       metadata or values (already stored in Redis), or manually loading timeseries  into  Redis.
       The  latter  mode  is  generally  only  used  for  loading previously collected (inactive)
       archives, since pmproxy(1) automatically  performs  this  function  for  "live"  (actively
       growing)  local  pmlogger(1) instances, when running in its default time series mode.  See
       the TIMESERIES LOADING section below and the -L option for further details.

       Without command line options specifying otherwise, pmseries will issue a timeseries  query
       to  find  matching  timeseries  and  values.  All timeseries are identified using a unique
       SHA-1 hash which is always displayed in a 40-hexdigit human readable form.   These  hashes
       are formed using the metadata associated with every metric.

       Importantly,  this  includes  all  metric  metadata  (labels, names, descriptors).  Metric
       labels in particular are (as far as possible) unique for every  machine  -  on  Linux  for
       example  the  labels  associated with every metric include the unique /etc/machine-id, the
       hostname, domainname, and other automatically generated machine labels,  as  well  as  any
       administrator-defined  labels  from  /etc/pcp/labels.   These  labels can be reported with
       pminfo(1) and the pmcd.labels metric.

       See pmLookupLabels(3), pmLookupInDom(3), pmLookupName(3) and pmLookupDesc(3) for  detailed
       information  about  metric  labels  and  other  metric  metadata  used  in each timeseries
       identifier hash calculation.

       The timeseries identifiers provide a higher level  (and  machine  independent)  identifier
       than   the   traditional  PCP  performance  metric  identifiers  (pmID),  instance  domain
       identifiers (pmInDom) and metric names.  See PCPIntro(1)  for  more  details  about  these
       traditional  identifiers.   However, pmseries uses timeseries identifiers in much the same
       way that pminfo(1) uses the lower level indom, metric identifiers and metric names.

       The default mode of pmseries operation (i.e. with no command line options) depends on  the
       arguments  it  is  presented.   If  all  non-option  arguments  appear  to  be  timeseries
       identifiers (in 40 hex digit form) pmseries will report metadata for  these  timeseries  -
       refer  to  the  -a  option  for  details.   Otherwise, the parameters will be treated as a
       timeseries query.

TIMESERIES QUERIES

       Query expressions are formed using the pmseries query language described below, but can be
       as simple as a metric name.

       The following is an example of querying timeseries from all hosts that match a metric name
       pattern (globbed):

         $ pmseries kernel.all.cpu*
         1d7b0bb3f6aec0f49c54f5210885464a53629b60
         379db729afd63fb9eff436625bd6c55a7adc5cfd
         3dd3b45bb05f96636043e5d58b52b441ce542285
         [...]
         ed2bf325ff6dc7589ec966698e5404b67252306a
         dcb2a032a308b5717bf605ba8f8737e9c6e1ed19

       To identify timeseries expression operands, the query language uses the general syntax:

         [metric.name] '{metadata qualifiers}' '[time specification]'

       The metric.name component restricts the timeseries query to any matching PCP  metric  name
       (the  list of metric names for a PCP archive or live host is reported by pminfo(1) with no
       arguments beyond --host or --archive).  The pmseries syntax extends on that of pminfo  and
       allows  for  glob(7)  based  pattern matching within the metric name.  The above describes
       operands available as the leaves of pmseries expressions,  which  may  include  functions,
       arithmetic  operators  and  other features.  See the EXPRESSIONS section below for further
       details.

METADATA QUALIFIERS AND METADATA OPERATORS

       Metadata qualifiers are enclosed by ``curly'' braces ({}), and further restrict the  query
       results  to  timeseries  operands  with various metadata properties.  These qualifiers are
       based on metric or instance names, and metric label values,  and  take  the  general  form
       metadata.name OPERATOR value, such as:

         instance.name == "cpu0"
         metric.name != "kernel.all.pswitch"

       When using label names, the metadata qualifier is optional and can be dropped, such as:

         label.hostname == "www.acme.com"
         hostname == "www.acme.com"

       For metric and instance names only the string operators apply, but for metric label values
       all operators are available.  The set of available operators is:

   Boolean operators
       All string (label, metrics and instances) and numeric (label) values  can  be  tested  for
       equality ("==") or inequality ("!=").

   String operators
       Strings  can  be  subject to pattern matching in the form of glob matching ("~~"), regular
       expression matching ("=~"), and regular expression non-matching ("!~").  The ":"  operator
       is equivalent to "~~" - i.e., glob matching.

   Relational operators (numeric label values only)
       Numeric  label values can be subject to the less than ("<"), greater than (">"), less than
       or equal ("<="), greater  than  or  equal  (">="),  equal  ("==")  and  not  equal  ("!=")
       operators.

   Logical operators
       Multiple metadata qualifiers can be combined with the logical operators for AND ("&&") and
       OR ("||") as in many programming languages.  The comma (",") character  is  equivalent  to
       logical AND ("&&").

TIME SPECIFICATION

       The  final  (optional)  component  of  a  query allows the user to specify a specific time
       window of interest.  Any time specification will result in values being returned  for  all
       matching timeseries only for the time window specified.

       The  specification is ``square'' bracket ([]) enclosed, and consists of one or more comma-
       separated components.  Each component specifies some aspect related to  time,  taking  the
       general form: keyword: value, such as:

         samples:10

   Sample count
       The  number  of  samples to return, specified via either the samples or (equivalent) count
       keyword.  The value provided must be a positive integer.  If no end time is explicitly set
       (see ``Time window'' later) then the most recent samples will be returned.

   Sample interval
       An interval between successive samples can be requested using the interval or (equivalent)
       delta keyword.  The value provided should be either a numeric or string value that will be
       parsed by pmParseInterval(3), such as 5 (seconds) or 2min (minutes).

   Time window
       Start  and  end  times, and alignments, affecting the returned values.  The keywords match
       the parameters to the pmParseTimeWindow(3) function which will be used to parse them,  and
       are: start or (equivalent) begin, finish or (equivalent) end, align and offset.

   Time zones
       The  resulting  timestamps  can be returned having been evaluated for a specific timezone,
       using the timezone or hostzone keywords.  The  value  associated  with  timezone  will  be
       interpreted  by  pmNewZone(3).   A true or false value should be associated with hostzone,
       and when set to true this has the same effect as described by pmNewContextZone(3).

EXPRESSIONS

       As described above, operands are the leaves of a query expression tree.

         [metric.name] '{metadata qualifiers}' '[time specification]'
       Note in most of the query expression examples below, the  metadata  qualifiers  have  been
       omitted for brevity.  In all cases, multiple time series may qualify, particularly for the
       hostname label.

       In the simple case, a query expression consists of a single operand  and  may  just  be  a
       metric  name.   In  the  more general case, a query expression is either an operand or the
       argument to a function, or two operands in a  binary  arithmetic  or  logical  expression.
       Most  functions  take  a  single  argument (an expression), though some require additional
       arguments, e.g.  rescale.

         operand | expr operator expr | func(expr[, arg])

       This grammar shows expressions may be nested, e.g. using the addition (+) operator  as  an
       example,

         func1(func2(expr))
         func1(expr) + func2(expr)
         expr + func(expr)
         func(expr) + expr
         expr + expr

       Rules  governing  compatibility  of  operands  in  an  expression  generally depend on the
       function and/or operators and are described below individually.  An important rule is that
       if  any  time  windows  are  specified,  then  all  operands must cover the same number of
       samples, though the time windows may differ individually.  If no time  windows  or  sample
       counts  are given, then pmseries will return a series identifier (SID) instead of a series
       of timestamps and values.  This SID may be used  in  subsequent  /series/values?series=SID
       RESTAPI calls, along with a specific time window.

   Arithmetic Operators
       pmseries  support  addition, subtraction, division and multiplication on each value in the
       time series of a binary pair of operands.  No unary or  ternary  operators  are  supported
       (yet).   In  all  cases,  the  instance  domain  and  the number of samples of time series
       operands must be the same.  The metadata (units and dimensions) must also  be  compatible.
       Depending  on  the  function,  the  result  will usually have the same instance domain and
       (unless noted otherwise), the same units as the operands.  The metadata dimensions (space,
       time, count) of the result may differ (see below).

       Expression  operands may have different qualifiers, e.g. you can perform binary arithmetic
       on metrics qualified by different  labels  (such  as  hostname),  or  metric  names.   For
       example,  to  add  the  two  most  recent  samples of the process context switch (pswitch)
       counter metric for hosts node88 and node89, and then perform rate conversion:

         $ pmseries 'rate(kernel.all.pswitch{hostname:node88}[count:2] +
                          kernel.all.pswitch{hostname:node89}[count:2])'
         1cf1a85d5978640ef94c68264d3ae8866cc11f7c
             [Tue Nov 10 14:39:48.771868000 2020] 71.257509 8e0a59304eb99237b89593a3e839b5bb8b9a9924

       Note the resulting time series of values has one less sample than the  expression  operand
       passed to the rate function.

       Other rules for arithmetic expressions:

       1.  if  both  operands have the semantics of a counter, then only addition and subtraction
       are allowed

       2. if the left operand is a counter and the right operand is not, then only multiplication
       or division are allowed

       3.  if  the  left  operand  is not a counter and the right operand is a counter, then only
       multiplication is allowed.

       4. addition and subtraction - the dimensions of the result are the same as the  dimensions
       of the operands.

       5.  multiplication  -  the  dimensions  of the result are the sum of the dimensions of the
       operands.

       6. division - the dimensions of the result are the difference of  the  dimensions  of  the
       operands.

   Functions
       Expression  functions  operate  on  vectors  of time series values, and may be nested with
       other functions  or  expressions  as  described  above.   When  an  operand  has  multiple
       instances,  there will generally be one result for each series of instances.  For example,
       the result for

         $ pmseries 'min_sample(kernel.all.load[count:100])'

       will be the smallest value of the 100 most recent samples, treating each of the three load
       average  instances  as  a  separate  time  series.  As an example, for the two most recent
       samples for each of the three instances of the load average metric:

         $ pmseries 'kernel.all.load[count:2]'
         726a325c4c1ba4339ecffcdebd240f441ea77848
             [Tue Nov 10 11:52:30.833379000 2020] 1.100000e+00 a7c96e5e2e0431a12279756d11590fa9fed8f306
             [Tue Nov 10 11:52:30.833379000 2020] 9.900000e-01 ee9b506935fd0976a893dc27242926f49326b9a1
             [Tue Nov 10 11:52:30.833379000 2020] 1.070000e+00 d5e1c360d13064c461169091997e1e8be7488133
             [Tue Nov 10 11:52:20.827134000 2020] 1.120000e+00 a7c96e5e2e0431a12279756d11590fa9fed8f306
             [Tue Nov 10 11:52:20.827134000 2020] 9.900000e-01 ee9b506935fd0976a893dc27242926f49326b9a1
             [Tue Nov 10 11:52:20.827134000 2020] 1.070000e+00 d5e1c360d13064c461169091997e1e8be7488133

       Using the min_sample function :

         $ pmseries 'min_sample(kernel.all.load[count:2])'
         11b965bc5f9598034ed9139fb3a78c6c0b7065ba
             [Tue Nov 10 11:52:30.833379000 2020] 1.100000e+00 a7c96e5e2e0431a12279756d11590fa9fed8f306
             [Tue Nov 10 11:52:30.833379000 2020] 9.900000e-01 ee9b506935fd0976a893dc27242926f49326b9a1
             [Tue Nov 10 11:52:30.833379000 2020] 1.070000e+00 d5e1c360d13064c461169091997e1e8be7488133

       For singular metrics (with no instance domain), a single value will result, e.g.  for  the
       five most recent samples of the context switching metric:

         $ pmseries 'kernel.all.pswitch[count:5]'
         d7832c4fba33bcc980b1a1b614e0508043288480
             [Tue Nov 10 12:44:59.380666000 2020] 460774294
             [Tue Nov 10 12:44:49.382070000 2020] 460747232
             [Tue Nov 10 12:44:39.378545000 2020] 460722370
             [Tue Nov 10 12:44:29.379029000 2020] 460697388
             [Tue Nov 10 12:44:19.379096000 2020] 460657412

         $ pmseries 'min_sample(kernel.all.pswitch[count:5])'
         1b6e92fb5bc012372f54452734dd03f0f131fa06
             [Tue Nov 10 12:44:19.379096000 2020] 460657412 d7832c4fba33bcc980b1a1b614e0508043288480

       Some  pmseries  functions  provide  operations  across both time and instances domain. For
       example, max_inst(expr) finds the maximum value across  instances  while  max_sample(expr)
       finds the maximum value across time.

       Future versions of pmseries may provide functions that perform aggregation, interpolation,
       filtering or transforms in other ways.

   Function Reference
       max_inst(expr) the maximum value in the time  series  for  each  instance  of  expr.   For
       backwards compatibility, the synonym max is equivalent to max_inst.

       max_sample(expr) the maximum value in the time series for each sample of expr across time.

       min_inst(expr)  the  minimum  value  in  the  time  series for each instance of expr.  For
       backwards compatibility, the synonym min is equivalent to min_inst.

       min_sample(expr) the minimum value in the time series for each sample of expr across time.

       sum_inst(expr) sum of the values in the time  series  for  each  instance  of  expr.   For
       backwards compatibility, the synonym sum is equivalent to sum_inst.

       sum_sample(expr) sum of the values in the time series for each sample of expr across time.

       avg_inst(expr)  average  of  the values in the time series for each instance of expr.  For
       backwards compatibility, the synonym avg is equivalent to avg_inst.

       avg_sample(expr) average of the values in the time series for each sample of  expr  across
       time.

       rate(expr) the rate with respect to time of each sample.  The given expr must have counter
       semantics and the result will have instant semantics (the time dimension reduced by  one).
       In  addition,  the result will have one less sample than the operand - this is because the
       first sample cannot be rate converted (two samples are required).

       rescale(expr,scale) rescale the values in the time series for each  instance  of  expr  to
       scale  (units).   Note  that expr should have instant or discrete semantics (not counter -
       rate conversion should be done first if needed).  The time,  space  and  count  dimensions
       between  expr  and  scale  must  be compatible.  Example: rate convert the read throughput
       counter for each disk instance and then rescale to mbytes per  second.   Note  the  native
       units  of  disk.dev.read_bytes is a counter of kbytes read from each device instance since
       boot.

         $ pmseries 'rescale(rate(disk.dev.read_bytes[count:4]), "mbytes/s")'

       abs(expr) the absolute value of each value in the time series for each instance  of  expr.
       This has no effect if the type of expr is unsigned.

       floor(expr) rounded down to the nearest integer value of the time series for each instance
       of expr.

       round(expr) rounded up or down to the nearest integer for each value in  the  time  series
       for each instance of expr.

       log(expr) logarithm of the values in the time series for each instance of expr

       sqrt(expr) square root of the values in the time series for each instance of expr

       stdev_inst(expr)  standard deviation of the values in the time series for each instance of
       expr.

       stdev_sample(expr) standard deviation of the values in the time series for each sample  of
       expr across time.

       topk_inst(expr,k) the top k values in the time series for each instance of expr.

       topk_sample(expr,k)  the  top  k  values in the time series for each sample of expr across
       time.

       nth_percentile_inst(expr,percentile_value) the nth percentile of the values  in  the  time
       series  for  each instance of expr. Note that percentile_value has value in the range 0 to
       100.

       nth_percentile_sample(expr,percentile_value) the nth percentile of the values in the  time
       series  for  each sample of expr across time.  Note that percentile_value has value in the
       range 0 to 100.

   Compatibility
       All operands in an expression must have the same number of samples,  but  not  necessarily
       the same time window. e.g. you could subtract some metric time series from today from that
       of yesterday by giving  different  time  windows  and  different  metrics  or  qualifiers,
       ensuring the same number of samples are given as the operands.

       Operands  in  an  expression  must either all have a time window, or none.  If no operands
       have a time window, then instead of a series of time stamps and values, the result will be
       a  time  series  identifier (SID) that may be passed to the /series/values?series=SID REST
       API function, along with a time window.  For further details, see PMWEBAPI(3).

       If the semantics of both operands in  an  arithmetic  expression  are  not  counter  (i.e.
       PM_SEM_INSTANT  or  PM_SEM_DISCRETE)  then  the  result will have semantics PM_SEM_INSTANT
       unless both operands are PM_SEM_DISCRETE in which case the result is also PM_SEM_DISCRETE.

TIMESERIES METADATA

       Using command line options, pmseries can be requested to provide metadata  (metric  names,
       instance  names,  labels,  descriptors)  associated with either individual timeseries or a
       group of timeseries, for example:

         $ pmseries -a dcb2a032a308b5717bf605ba8f8737e9c6e1ed19

         dcb2a032a308b5717bf605ba8f8737e9c6e1ed19
             PMID: 60.0.21
             Data Type: 64-bit unsigned int  InDom: PM_INDOM_NULL 0xffffffff
             Semantics: counter  Units: millisec
             Source: f5ca7481da8c038325d15612bb1c6473ce1ef16f
             Metric: kernel.all.cpu.nice
             labels {"agent":"linux","domainname":"localdomain",\
                     "groupid":1000,"hostname":"shard",\
                     "latitude":-25.28496,"longitude":152.87886,\
                     "machineid":"295b16e3b6074cc8bdbda8bf96f6930a",\
                     "userid":1000}

       The complete set of pmseries metadata reporting options are:

       -a, --all
            Convenience option to report all metadata for the  given  timeseries,  equivalent  to
            -deilms.

       -d, --desc
            Metric  descriptions  detailing the PMID, data type, data semantics, units, scale and
            associated instance domain.  This option has a direct pminfo(1) equivalent.

       -F, --fast
            Query or load series metadata only, not values.

       -g pattern, --glob=pattern
            Provide a glob(7) pattern to restrict the report provided by the -i, -l, -m, and -S.

       -i, --instances
            Metric descriptions detailing the PMID, data type, data semantics, units,  scale  and
            associated instance domain.

       -I, --fullindom
            Print the InDom in verbose mode.  This option has a direct pminfo(1) equivalent.

       -l, --labels
            Print  label  sets associated with metrics and instances.  Labels are optional metric
            metadata described  in  detail  in  pmLookupLabels(3).   This  option  has  a  direct
            pminfo(1) equivalent.

       -m, --metrics
            Print metric names.

       -M, --fullpmid
            Print the PMID in verbose mode.  This option has a direct pminfo(1) equivalent.

       -n, --names
            Print  comma-separated  label  names only (not values) for the labels associated with
            metrics and instances.

       -s, --series
            Print timeseries identifiers associated with metrics, instances and  sources.   These
            unique  identifiers  are  calculated  from  intrinsic (non-optional) labels and other
            metric metadata associated with each PMAPI context (sources), metrics and  instances.
            Archive,  local context or pmcd(1) connections for the same host all produce the same
            source identifier.   This  option  has  a  direct  pminfo(1)  equivalent.   See  also
            pmLookupLabels(3) and the -l/--labels option.

TIMESERIES SOURCES

       A  source  is  a  unique identifier (represented externally as a 40-byte hexadecimal SHA-1
       hash) that represents both the live  host  and/or  archives  from  which  each  timeseries
       originated.  The context for a source identifier (obtained with -s) can be reported with:

       -S, --sources
            Print  names  for  timeseries  sources.   These  names  are either hostnames or fully
            qualified archive paths.

       It is important to note that live and archived sources can  and  will  generate  the  same
       SHA-1  source  identifier  hash, provided that the context labels remain the same for that
       host (labels are stored in PCP archives and can also be fetched live from pmcd(1)).

TIMESERIES LOADING

       Timeseries metadata and data are loaded either automatically by  a  local  pmproxy(1),  or
       manually using a specially crafted pmseries query and the -L/--load option:

         $ pmseries --load "{source.path: \"$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmlogger/acme\"}"
         pmseries: [Info] processed 2275 archive records from [...]

       This  query  must  specify  a  source  archive  path,  but can also restrict the import to
       specific timeseries (using metric names, labels, etc) and to a specific time window  using
       the time specification component of the query language.

       As a convenience, if the argument to load is a valid file path as determined by access(2),
       then a short-hand form can be used:

         $ pmseries --load $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmlogger/acme.0

OPTIONS

       The available command line options, in addition to timeseries metadata and sources options
       described above, are:

       -c config, --config=config
            Specify the config file to use.

       -h host, --host=host
            Connect Redis server at host, rather than the one the localhost.

       -L, --load
            Load timeseries metadata and data into the Redis cluster.

       -p port, --port=port
            Connect Redis server at port, rather than the default 6379.

       -q, --query
            Perform a timeseries query.  This is the default action.

       -t, --times
            Report  time  stamps  numerically  (in  milliseconds)  instead  of  the default human
            readable form.

       -v, --values
            Report all of the known values for given label name(s),  or  report  values  for  the
            given series identifiers.

       -w, --window
            Provide  a  time  specification  that  will  be applied to values being returned when
            returning values via use of series identifiers (i.e. when not using a query  string).
            The  time  specification uses the same square-bracket enclosed form described earlier
            in the ``TIME SPECIFICATION'' section.

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

       -Z timezone, --timezone=timezone
            Use timezone for the date and time.  Timezone is in the  format  of  the  environment
            variable TZ as described in environ(7).

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

EXAMPLES

       The  following  sample  query  shows  several  fundamental  aspects  of the pmseries query
       language:

         $ pmseries 'kernel.all.load{hostname:"toium"}[count:2]'

         eb713a9cf472f775aa59ae90c43cd7f960f7870f
             [Thu Nov 14 05:57:06.082861000 2019] 1.0e-01 b84040ffccd54f839b65140cf139bab51cbbcf62
             [Thu Nov 14 05:57:06.082861000 2019] 6.8e-01 a60b5b3bf25e71071c41934fa4d7d251f765f30c
             [Thu Nov 14 05:57:06.082861000 2019] 6.4e-01 e1974a062375e6e62370ffadf5b0650dad739480
             [Thu Nov 14 05:57:16.091546000 2019] 1.6e-01 b84040ffccd54f839b65140cf139bab51cbbcf62
             [Thu Nov 14 05:57:16.091546000 2019] 6.7e-01 a60b5b3bf25e71071c41934fa4d7d251f765f30c
             [Thu Nov 14 05:57:16.091546000 2019] 6.4e-01 e1974a062375e6e62370ffadf5b0650dad739480

       This query returns the two most recent values for all  instances  of  the  kernel.all.load
       metric  with  a  label.hostname  matching  the regular expression "toium".  This is a set-
       valued metric (i.e., a metric with an ``instance domain'' which in this case  consists  of
       three  instances: 1, 5 and 15 minute averages).  The first column returned is a timestamp,
       then a floating point value, and finally  an  instance  identifier  timeseries  hash  (two
       values  returned  for  three instances, so six rows are returned).  The metadata for these
       timeseries can then be further examined:

         $ pmseries -a eb713a9cf472f775aa59ae90c43cd7f960f7870f

         eb713a9cf472f775aa59ae90c43cd7f960f7870f
             PMID: 60.2.0
             Data Type: float  InDom: 60.2 0xf000002
             Semantics: instant  Units: none
             Source: 0e89c1192db79326900d82131c31399524f0b3ee
             Metric: kernel.all.load
             inst [1 or "1 minute"] series b84040ffccd54f839b65140cf139bab51cbbcf62
             inst [5 or "5 minute"] series a60b5b3bf25e71071c41934fa4d7d251f765f30c
             inst [15 or "15 minute"] series e1974a062375e6e62370ffadf5b0650dad739480
             inst [1 or "1 minute"] labels {"agent":"linux","hostname":"toium"}
             inst [5 or "5 minute"] labels {"agent":"linux","hostname":"toium"}
             inst [15 or "15 minute"] labels {"agent":"linux","hostname":"toium"}

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).

       For environment variables affecting PCP tools, see pmGetOptions(3).

SEE ALSO

       PCPIntro(1),   pmcd(1),   pminfo(1),  pmproxy(1),  redis-server(1),  access(2),  PMAPI(3),
       PMWEBAPI(3),  pmLookupDesc(3),   pmLookupInDom(3),   pmLookupLabels(3),   pmLookupName(3),
       pmNewContextZone(3),  pmNewZone(3), pmParseInterval(3), pmParseTimeWindow(3), pcp.conf(5),
       environ(7), glob(7) and regex(7).