NAME

       pmStore - modify values of performance metrics

C SYNOPSIS

       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>

       int pmStore(const pmResult *result);

       cc ... -lpcp

DESCRIPTION

       In  some  special  cases  it  may  be  helpful to modify the current values of performance
       metrics, e.g. to reset a counter to zero, or to modify a ``metric''  which  is  a  control
       variable for some agent collecting performance metrics.

       The routine pmStore is a lightweight inverse of pmFetch(3).

       The  caller  must  build  the  pmResult  data  structure  (of course, this could have been
       returned from an earlier pmFetch(3) call) and then call pmStore.

       It is an error to pass a request to pmStore in which the numval field within  any  of  the
       pmValueSet structure has a value less than one.

       The  current Performance Metrics Application Programming Interface (PMAPI) context must be
       one with a host as the source of metrics, and the current value of the  nominated  metrics
       will be changed, i.e.  pmStore cannot be used to make retrospective changes to information
       in either the archive logs, or in the recent past for real-time sources of metrics.

       The return code from pmStore is zero for success.

SEE ALSO

       PMAPI(3), pmFetch(3) and pmSetMode(3).

DIAGNOSTICS

       PM_ERR_GENERIC
              At least one of the modifications was rejected.  No other status is available  from
              below  the  PMAPI  (this  is the lightweight part of the functionality!).  In cases
              where the outcome of pmStore for individual metrics is important, the caller should
              make  one  call  to pmStore for each metric. On the other hand, a bulk modification
              can be performed in a single pmStore call for situations in which  the  outcome  is
              not critical.

       PM_ERR_NOTHOST
              The current PMAPI context is an archive rather than a host, or it is a host that is
              not set to the current time, i.e. has been ``rewound'' to  the  recent  past  using
              pmSetMode(3).

       PM_ERR_TOOSMALL
              The number of metrics specified in result is less than one.

       PM_ERR_VALUE
              One  or more of the pmValueSets in result has a numval field with a value less than
              one.