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Overview

The RDS PMDA is a Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) module that collects and exports performance statistics for Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS).

Installation

To install the RDS PMDA, follow these steps:

# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rds
# ./Install

To verify that the PMDA is running:

$ pminfo -t rds

Usage

To query RDS metrics, use the following command:

$ pminfo rds

To retrieve specific metric values:

$ pmval rds.packet.tx.send_queued

Files

$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rds/Install

Installation script for RDS PMDA.

$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rds/Remove

Uninstallation script.

$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/rds.log

Log file for Rocestat PMDA events and errors.

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).