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diff --git a/src/pmdas/mounts/README b/src/pmdas/mounts/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2bf3c6a --- /dev/null +++ b/src/pmdas/mounts/README @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +# +# Copyright (c) 2001 Alan Bailey (bailey@mcs.anl.gov or abailey@ncsa.uiuc.edu) +# for the portions of the code supporting the initial agent functionality. +# All rights reserved. +# Copyright (c) 2001,2004 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. +# + +Mounts PMDA +============ + +This PMDA exports information about the mount status of file +systems specified in a config file. The default config file is +$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mounts/mounts.conf, which should contain one line +for each file system you wish to monitor. + +This source code was contributed by Alan Bailey (abailey@ncsa.uiuc.edu) +to the PCP open source project. + +Metrics +======= + +The file ./help contains descriptions for all of the metrics exported +by this PMDA. + +Once the PMDA has been installed, the following command will list all +the available metrics and their explanatory "help" text: + + $ pminfo -fT mounts + +Installation +============ + + + # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mounts + + + Check that there is no clash in the Performance Metrics Domain + defined in ./domain.h and the other PMDAs currently in use + ($PCP_PMCDCONF_PATH). If there is, edit ./domain.h to choose another + domain number. + + + Then simply use + + # ./Install + + and choose both the "collector" and "monitor" installation + configuration options -- everything else is automated. + + + Alternatively, to install just the Performance Metrics Name Space + for the mounts metrics on the local system, but not the mounts PMDA + (presumably because the local system is running PCP 1.x and you + wish to connect to a remote system where PCP 2.0 and the mounts PMDA + is running), make sure the Performance Metrics Domain defined in + ./domain.h matches the domain chosen for the mounts PMDA on the + remote system (check the second field in the corresponding line of + the $PCP_PMCDCONF_PATH file on the remote system), then + + # ./Install -N + +De-installation +=============== + + + Simply use + + # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mounts + # ./Remove + +Troubleshooting +=============== + + + After installing or restarting the agent, the PMCD log file + ($PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/pmcd.log) and the PMDA log file + ($PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/mounts.log) should be checked for any warnings or + errors. |