Index

2D tools
Monitoring System Performance

3D tools
System Performance Visualization Tools

3D visualization
3D Visualization Customization

__pmGetConfig function
PCP Environment Variables

_actions customized menus
The pmgadgets Command

_bar gadget
The pmgadgets Command
Creating Custom Visualization Tools with pmview

_bargraph gadget
The pmgadgets Command

_colorlist component
The pmgadgets Command

_grid gadget
Creating Custom Visualization Tools with pmview

_label gadget
The pmgadgets Command

_led gadget
The pmgadgets Command

_legend component
The pmgadgets Command

_line gadget
The pmgadgets Command

_multibar gadget
The pmgadgets Command

acronyms
Acronyms

archive logs
creation
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information
Creating a PCP Archive from a pmchart Session
snapshots
Snapshots from PCP Archive Logs
Making Snapshot Images from Archive Logs
usage
Archive Logging

arraytop tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

arrayvis tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
System Performance Visualization Tools
The pmview Tool

ashtop tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

chart customizations
Changing pmchart Colors
Other Chart Customizations
See Also pmchart tool

clustervis tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
System Performance Visualization Tools
The pmview Tool

collector subsystem
Product Structure

colors
Changing pmchart Colors

common directories
Common Directories and File Locations

component software
Overview of Component Software

configuring PCP
Installing and Configuring Performance Co-Pilot

conventions
Common Conventions and Arguments

core subsystems
Product Structure

CPU visualization tool
The mpvis Processor Visualization Tool

cron scripts
Introduction to Archive Logging
Administering PCP Archive Logs Using cron Scripts

crossbow (XBow) packet
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

customization
inference engine
Inference Engine Customization
PCP services
Customizing and Extending PCP Services
pmchart tool
Other Chart Customizations
pmgadgets
The pmgadgets Command
snapshots
Snapshot Customization

data collection tools
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

debugging tools
Operational and Infrastructure Support

demo subsystems
Product Structure

diagnostic tools
Operational and Infrastructure Support

disk use visualization
The dkvis Disk Visualization Tool

dkmap tool
Operational and Infrastructure Support

dkping tool
Operational and Infrastructure Support
Operational and Infrastructure Support

dkprobe tool
Operational and Infrastructure Support

dkvis tool
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
description
The dkvis Disk Visualization Tool
pmsocks script
The pmsocks Command
pmview tool
The pmview Tool
Creating Custom Visualization Tools with pmview

documentation subsystems
Product Structure

DSO
Acronyms

environment variables
PCP Environment Variables

/etc/config/pmcd.options file
Common Directories and File Locations

/etc/config/pmlogger.options file
Common Directories and File Locations

/etc/init.d/pcp file
Common Directories and File Locations

/etc/pcp_socks.conf file
The pmsocks Command

/etc/pcp.conf file
Common Directories and File Locations
PCP Environment Variables

/etc/pcp.env file
Common Directories and File Locations
PCP Environment Variables

/etc/pmcd.conf file
Common Directories and File Locations

exec system call
pmchart Select Performance View

extensibility
Customizing and Extending PCP Services

file locations
Common Directories and File Locations

File menu
pmchart Select Performance View
Creating a PCP Archive from a pmchart Session
pmview Menus

firewalls
Running PCP Tools through a Firewall

FLEXlm licenses
License Constraints

fork system call
pmchart Select Performance View

gadgets
The pmgadgets Command

gift subsystems
Product Structure

glossary
Acronyms

graphical gadgets
The pmgadgets Command

Help menu
pmview Menus

hipprobe tool
Operational and Infrastructure Support

horizontal lines
Displaying Horizontal Lines

Icon control panel
Icon Control Panel Customization

inference engine
Inference Engine Customization

infrastructure support tools
Operational and Infrastructure Support

inst command
Product Structure
The pmview Tool

installing PCP
Installing and Configuring Performance Co-Pilot

inventor_eoe.sw product image
The pmview Tool

inventor_eoe.sw.help package
The pmview Tool

I/O
Acronyms

IPC
Acronyms

Launch menu
pmview Menus

man command
pmview tool
System Performance Visualization Tools
usage
Monitoring System Performance

memclaim tool
Operational and Infrastructure Support

Message Passing Interface
See MPI

metric selection
pmchart Metric Selection

MineSet data mining product
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

mkaf tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

mkpmemarch tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

monitor configuration
Product Structure

monitor subsystems
Product Structure

monitoring system performance
Monitoring System Performance

mouse controls
Mouse Controls

mpimon tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

mpivis tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
brief description
System Performance Visualization Tools
description
The mpivis MPI Function Activity Visualization Tool
pmview tool
The pmview Tool

mpvis tool
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
System Performance Visualization Tools
configuration file
Creating Custom Visualization Tools with pmview
description
The mpvis Processor Visualization Tool
Launch menu
pmview Menus
pmview tool
The pmview Tool
Creating Custom Visualization Tools with pmview

Network File System
See NFS

network transportation tools
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

NFS
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
The nfsvis NFS Activity Visualization Tool

nfsvis tool
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
System Performance Visualization Tools
description
The nfsvis NFS Activity Visualization Tool
Launch menu
pmview Menus
NFS request
Overview of Visualization Tools
pmview tool
The pmview Tool
Creating Custom Visualization Tools with pmview

nodevis tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
System Performance Visualization Tools
The pmview Tool

NUMAlink node connectors
pmchart Select Performance View

objectives
Objectives

Open Inventor
System Performance Visualization Tools
Overview of Visualization Tools
The pmview Tool
The pmview Tool

OpenGL
Overview of Visualization Tools

operational support tools
Operational and Infrastructure Support

Options menu
pmview Menus

osvis tool
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
Launch menu
pmview Menus
pmview tool
The pmview Tool
Creating Custom Visualization Tools with pmview

overview
Introduction to Performance Co-Pilot

oview tool
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
record mode
Introduction to Archive Logging

PCP
acronym
Acronyms
configuring and installing
Installing and Configuring Performance Co-Pilot
conventions
Common Conventions and Arguments
environment variables
PCP Environment Variables
features
Introduction to Performance Co-Pilot
license system
License Constraints
naming conventions
Common Conventions and Arguments
tool development
PCP Tool Development
tool summaries
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information
Operational and Infrastructure Support

pcp tool
Operational and Infrastructure Support
Operational and Infrastructure Support
pmview Menus

PCP Tutorial
dkvis tool
The dkvis Disk Visualization Tool
mpvis tool
The mpvis Processor Visualization Tool
nfsvis tool
The nfsvis NFS Activity Visualization Tool
pmchart tool
More Information
Web manual
Common Directories and File Locations

pcp_eoe.books.help subsystem
Product Structure

pcp_eoe.sw.eoe subsystem
Product Structure
Product Structure

pcp_eoe.sw.monitor subsystem
Product Structure

pcp_gifts.sw.* subsystems
Product Structure

PCP_LICENCE_NOWARNING variable
PCP Environment Variables

pcp.books.* subsystem
Product Structure

pcp.books.help subsystem
Product Structure

pcp.man.* subsystem
Product Structure

pcp.man.tutorial
See PCP Tutorial

pcp.sw.* subsystems
Product Structure

pcp.sw.base subsystem
Product Structure

pcp.sw.demo subsystems
Product Structure

pcp.sw.monitor subsystem
Product Structure

PDU
Acronyms

Performance Co-Pilot
See PCP

performance metrics
selection
pmchart Metric Selection

Performance Metrics Collection Daemon
See PMCD

Performance Metrics Inference Engine
See pmie tool

performance monitoring
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
Monitoring System Performance

performance views
pmchart Select Performance View

PerfTools icon catalog
PerfTools Icon Catalog

pmafm tool
brief description
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

PMAPI
acronym
Acronyms

pmbrand tool
brief description
Operational and Infrastructure Support
license capabilities
License Constraints

PMCD
acronym
Acronyms
brief description
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information
/etc/pmcd.conf file
Common Directories and File Locations
other Internet hosts
The pmview Tool
TCP/IP firewall
Running PCP Tools through a Firewall

pmcd tool
See PMCD

PMCD_PORT variable
Running PCP Tools through a Firewall

pmcd_wait tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmchart tool
archive creation
Creating a PCP Archive from a pmchart Session
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
colors
Changing pmchart Colors
horizontal lines
Displaying Horizontal Lines
Launch menu
pmview Menus
man example
Monitoring System Performance
metric selection
pmchart Metric Selection
monitoring usage
The pmchart Tool
pmchart comparison
The pmgadgets Command
record mode
Introduction to Archive Logging
snapshots
Snapshots from PCP Archive Logs
time control
Time Control
time-series strip charts
Overview of Visualization Tools

PMCS
acronym
Acronyms
license constraints
License Constraints

PMD
Acronyms

PMDA
acronym
Acronyms
customizing
Customizing the Summary PMDA
development
PMDA Development
no license constraints
License Constraints

pmdaarray tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmdaash tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmdabrocade tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmdacisco tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmdadmf tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmdahippi tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmdahotproc tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmdamailq tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmdampi tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmdasendmail tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmdasummary tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmdate tool
Operational and Infrastructure Support

pmdatrace tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmdaweblog tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmdawebping tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmdbg facility
Operational and Infrastructure Support

pmdumplog tool
brief description
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmdumpmineset tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

pmdumptext tool
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
description
The pmdumptext Command
Launch menu
pmview Menus

pmem tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

pmerr tool
Operational and Infrastructure Support

pmgadgets tool
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
description
The pmgadgets Command
desktop panel
Overview of Visualization Tools
pmgcisco monitoring
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
pmgevctr display
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
pmgshping monitoring
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

pmgcisco tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

pmgcluster tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

pmgevctr tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

pmgshping tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

pmgsys tool
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
configuration file
The pmgadgets Command
Launch menu
pmview Menus
standard layout
Overview of Visualization Tools

pmgweb tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

pmhostname tool
Operational and Infrastructure Support

PMID
acronym
Acronyms
PMNS names
Customizing the Summary PMDA

pmie tool
automated reasoning
Overview of Visualization Tools
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
Operational and Infrastructure Support
performance metrics inference engine
Performance Metrics Inference Engine
pmieconf rules
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
rule creation
Creating pmie Rules with pmrules

pmieconf tool
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

pmimport tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pminfo tool
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

pmkstat tool
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
Launch menu
pmview Menus

pmlaunch tool
Operational and Infrastructure Support

pmlc tool
brief description
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information
TCP/IP firewall
Running PCP Tools through a Firewall

pmlock tool
Operational and Infrastructure Support

pmlogcheck tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmlogconf tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmlogextract tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmlogger tool
archive creation
Creating a PCP Archive from a pmchart Session
archive logs
Introduction to Archive Logging
brief description
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information
monitoring usage
The pmchart Tool
mouse controls
Mouse Controls
no license constraints
License Constraints
TCP/IP firewall
Running PCP Tools through a Firewall

pmlogger_check script
Operational and Infrastructure Support
Administering PCP Archive Logs Using cron Scripts

pmlogger_daily script
Operational and Infrastructure Support
Administering PCP Archive Logs Using cron Scripts

pmlogger_merge script
Operational and Infrastructure Support
Administering PCP Archive Logs Using cron Scripts

PMLOGGER_PORT variable
Running PCP Tools through a Firewall

pmlogsummary tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

pmnewlog tool
Operational and Infrastructure Support

PMNS
acronym
Acronyms
license constraints
License Constraints
names
Customizing the Summary PMDA
pmchart Metrics Selection
pmchart Metric Selection

pmnsadd tool
Operational and Infrastructure Support

pmnscomp tool
brief description
Operational and Infrastructure Support

pmnsdel tool
Operational and Infrastructure Support

pmpost tool
Operational and Infrastructure Support

pmprobe tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

pmrules tool
pmie rules
Performance Metrics Inference Engine
rule creation
Creating pmie Rules with pmrules

pmrun tool
Operational and Infrastructure Support
Common Conventions and Arguments

pmsnap tool
brief description
Operational and Infrastructure Support
script usage
Administering PCP Archive Logs Using cron Scripts
usage instructions
Taking Snapshots of pmchart Displays and Value Dialogs

pmsnaptool
Operational and Infrastructure Support

pmsocks tool
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
TCP/IP firewall
Running PCP Tools through a Firewall

pmstore tool
brief description
Operational and Infrastructure Support

pmtime tool
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
time control
Time Control

pmtrace tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

pmval tool
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
Launch menu
pmview Menus

pmview tool
animated scenes
Overview of Visualization Tools
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
custom tools
Creating Custom Visualization Tools with pmview
menus
pmview Menus
record mode
Introduction to Archive Logging
related tools
System Performance Visualization Tools
Overview of Visualization Tools
The pmview Tool
usage
The pmview Tool

processor visualization tool
The mpvis Processor Visualization Tool

procvis tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
System Performance Visualization Tools
The pmview Tool

psmon tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization

read system call
pmchart Select Performance View

release notes
Product Structure
The pmview Tool

roles
collector
Product Structure
monitor
Product Structure

routervis tool
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
pmview tool
The pmview Tool
related tools
System Performance Visualization Tools

rule creation
Creating pmie Rules with pmrules

scripts
Operational and Infrastructure Support
Administering PCP Archive Logs Using cron Scripts

sgihelp command
Product Structure

snaphot image creation
Making Snapshot Images from Archive Logs

snapshots
Taking Snapshots of pmchart Displays and Value Dialogs
Snapshots from PCP Archive Logs
Making Snapshot Images from Archive Logs
Snapshot Customization

SOCKS protocols
Running PCP Tools through a Firewall

software
Overview of Component Software

specification file
The pmgadgets Command

stripchart displays
Stripchart Customization

subsystems
Product Structure
Product Structure

swmgr command
Product Structure

TCP/IP
acronym
Acronyms
collector and monitor hosts
Running PCP Tools through a Firewall

text-based tools
Monitoring System Performance

three-dimensional
See 3D tools

time control
Time Control

time-series strip charts
Overview of Visualization Tools

tool development
PCP Tool Development

tool options
General PCP Tool Options
Performance Metrics Inference Engine

troubleshooting
pmchart colors
Changing pmchart Colors

tutorial for PCP
See PCP Tutorial

txmonvis tool
System Performance Visualization Tools
The pmview Tool

user interface components
Common Conventions and Arguments

/usr/etc/pmcd file
Common Directories and File Locations

/usr/pcp/pmdas
Common Directories and File Locations

/var/adm/pcplog/NOTICES file
Operational and Infrastructure Support

/var/pcp/config/pmlogger/control file
Administering PCP Archive Logs Using cron Scripts

/var/pcp/config/pmsnap/control file
Taking Snapshots of pmchart Displays and Value Dialogs

/var/pcp/lib/pmview-args file
Creating Custom Visualization Tools with pmview

/var/pcp/pmns/Brand file
License Constraints

weblogvis tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
System Performance Visualization Tools
System Performance Visualization Tools

webping tool
Collecting, Transporting, and Archiving Performance Information

webpingvis tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
System Performance Visualization Tools

webvis tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
System Performance Visualization Tools

write system call
pmchart Select Performance View

xbowvis tool
brief description
Performance Monitoring and Visualization
pmview tool
The pmview Tool
related tools
System Performance Visualization Tools

xlv_vis tool
Performance Monitoring and Visualization