Provided by: pcp_6.3.0-1_amd64 bug

NAME

       pmieconf - display and set configurable pmie rule variables

SYNOPSIS

       pmieconf [-cFv?]  [-f file] [-r rulepath] [command [args...]]

DESCRIPTION

       pmieconf  is  a  utility  for  viewing  and configuring variables from generalized pmie(1)
       rules.  The set of generalized rules is  read  in  from  rulepath,  and  the  output  file
       produced by pmieconf is a valid input file for pmie.

OPTIONS

       The available command line options are:

       -c   When  run  from automated pmie setup processes, this option is used to add a specific
            message and timestamp indicating that this is the case.  Unless over-ridden by the -f
            flag,  the  default  configuration  file to be written or updated when the -c flag is
            given     and     pmieconf     is     run     by     the      root      user,      is
            $PCP_VAR_DIR/config/pmie/config.default.  This is also the default configuration file
            used by the pmie service, see pmie_daily(1).  This flag is not appropriate when using
            the tool interactively.

       -f file, --config=file
            Any  rule  modifications resulting from pmieconf manipulation of variable values will
            be written to file.  The default value of file is dependent on the user ID - for  the
            root   user   (when  the  -c  flag  is  not  also  given,  see  above)  the  file  is
            $PCP_SYSCONF_DIR/pmie/config.default.    For   other    users    the    default    is
            $HOME/.pcp/pmie/config.pmie.

       -F, --force
            Forces  the  pmieconf  output  file  to be created (or updated), after which pmieconf
            immediately exits.

       -r rulepath, --rules=rulepath
            Allows the source of generalized pmie rules to be changed  -  rulepath  is  a  colon-
            delimited  list  of  pmieconf(5) rule files and/or subdirectories.  The default value
            for rulepath is $PCP_VAR_DIR/config/pmieconf.   Use  of  this  option  overrides  the
            PMIECONF_PATH environment variable which has a similar function.

       -v, --verbose
            Enable  verbose  mode.  associated variables will be displayed.  This is the complete
            list of variables which affects any given rule (by default, global variables are  not
            displayed with the rule).

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

       The  pmieconf  commands  allow  information  related to the various rules and configurable
       variables to be displayed or modified.  If no  pmieconf  commands  are  presented  on  the
       command line, pmieconf prompts for commands interactively.

COMMAND LANGUAGE

       The pmieconf command language is described here:

       help  [ { . | all | global | <rule> | <group> } [<variable>] ]
               Without  arguments,  the help command displays the syntax for all of the available
               pmieconf commands.  With one argument,  a  description  of  one  or  more  of  the
               generalized  rules  is displayed.  With two arguments, a description of a specific
               variable relating to one or more of the generalized rules is displayed.

       rules  [ enabled | disabled ]
               Display the name and short summary for all  of  the  generalized  rules  found  on
               rulepath.   Each  of  the rule names can be used in place of the keyword <rule> in
               this command syntax description.  The enabled and disabled options can be used  to
               filter  the  set  of  rules  displayed to just those which are enabled or disabled
               respectfully.

       groups  Display the name of all of the rule groups that were found on rulepath.   Each  of
               the group names can be used in place of the keyword <group> in this command syntax
               description, which applies the command to all rules within the rule group.

       status  Display status information relating to the current pmieconf session,  including  a
               list of running pmie processes which are currently using file.

       enable  { . | all | <rule> | <group> }
               Enables  the  specified rule or group of rules.  An enabled rule is one which will
               be included in the pmie configuration file generated  by  pmieconf.   Any  enabled
               "actions"  will  be  appended to the rule's "predicate", in a manner conforming to
               the pmie syntax ("actions" can be viewed using the list global command,  described
               below).

       disable  { . | all | <rule> | <group> }
               Disables  the  specified  rule  or  group  of  rules.   If the rule was previously
               enabled, it will  be  removed  from  the  pmie  configuration  file  generated  by
               pmieconf,  and  hence  no  longer evaluated when pmie is restarted (using pmieconf
               does not affect any existing pmie processes using file).

       list  { . | all | global | <rule> | <group> } [<variable>]
               Display the values for a specific rule variable; or for all variables of a rule, a
               rule group, all rules, or the global variables.

       modify  { . | all | global | <rule> | <group> } <variable> <value>
               Enable,  disable,  or  otherwise  change the value for one or more rule variables.
               This value must be consistent with the type of the variable, which can be inferred
               from  the  format  of the printed value - e.g. strings will be enclosed in double-
               quotes, percentages have the ``%'' symbol appended, etc.  Note that  certain  rule
               variables  cannot  be  modified  through  pmieconf  -  "predicate" and "help", for
               example.

       undo  { . | all | global | <rule> | <group> } [<variable>]
               Applicable only to a variable whose value has been modified - this command  simply
               reverts to the default value for the given variable.

       quit    Save any changes made to file and then exit pmieconf.

       abort   Exit pmieconf immediately without saving any changes to file.

       Each  of  the  commands  above can be shortened by simply using the first character of the
       command name, and also ``?'' for help.

       Use of the all keyword causes the command to be applied to all of the rules.   The  global
       keyword  refers to those variables which are applied to every rule.  Such variables can be
       changed either globally or locally, for example:

         pmieconf> modify global delta "5 minutes"
         pmieconf> modify memory delta "1 minute"

       causes all rules to now be evaluated once every five minutes,  except  for  rules  in  the
       "memory" group which are to be evaluated once per minute.

       The ``.'' character is special to pmieconf - it refers to the last successfully used value
       of all, global, <rule> or <group>.

EXAMPLES

       Specify that all of the rules in the "memory" group should be evaluated:

         pmieconf> modify memory enabled yes

       Change your mind, and revert to using only  the  "memory"  rules  which  were  enabled  by
       default:

         pmieconf> undo memory enabled

       Specify that notification of rules which evaluate to true should be sent to syslogd(1):

         pmieconf> modify global syslog_action yes

       Specify  that  rules  in the "per_cpu" group should use a different holdoff value to other
       rules:

         pmieconf> help global holdoff
           rule: global  [generic parameters applied to all rules]
            var: holdoff
           help: Once the predicate is true and the action is executed,
              this variable allows suppression of further action
              execution until the specified interval has elapsed.
              A value of zero enables execution of the action if
              the rule predicate is true at the next sample. Default
              units are seconds and common units are "second", "sec",
              "minute", "min" and "hour".

         pmieconf> modify per_cpu holdoff "1 hour"

       Lower the threshold associated with a particular variable for a specified rule:

         pmieconf> l cpu.syscall predicate
           rule: cpu.syscall  [High aggregate system call rate]
             predicate =
                  some_host (
                   ( kernel.all.syscall $hosts$ )
                     > $threshold$ count/sec * hinv.ncpu $hosts$
                  )

         pmieconf> m . threshold 7000

         pmieconf> l . threshold
           rule: cpu.syscall  [High aggregate system call rate]
                threshold = 7000

FILES

       $PCP_VAR_DIR/config/pmieconf/*/*
            generalized system resource monitoring rules

       $PCP_SYSCONF_DIR/pmie/config.pmie
            default super-user settings for system resource monitoring rules

       $HOME/.pcp/pmie/config.pmie
            default user settings for system resource monitoring rules

ENVIRONMENT

       The environment variable PMIECONF_PATH has a similar function to the -r  option  described
       above, and if set will be used provided no -r option is presented.

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), pmie(1), pmie_check(1) and pmieconf(5).