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PMSNAP(1) General Commands Manual PMSNAP(1)
pmsnap - generate performance summary snapshot images
$PCP_BINADM_DIR/pmsnap [-NV] [-C dir] [-c configs] [-n names] [-o
dir] [-t type]
pmsnap is a shell script that is normally run periodically from
crontab(1) to generate graphic images of pmchart(1) performance
charts. These images can be in any of the supported pmchart formats,
including png, bmp, and jpeg, and may be incorporated into the
content offered by the local Web server. The -V option enables
verbose tracing of the actions. By default pmsnap generates no
output unless some error or warning condition is encountered.
pmsnap generates images according to its control file,
$PCP_PMSNAPCONTROL_PATH (or dir/control if the -C option is
specified), and uses archive logs created by pmlogger(1) or PCP
archive folios created by pmafm(1) and pmlogger_check(1). Before
attempting to configure pmsnap, it is strongly recommended that
pmlogger be configured according to the descriptions in
pmlogger_daily(1), pmlogger_check(1) and pmlogger(1).
Once pmlogger has been configured, it is necessary to configure
pmsnap as follows;
1. Edit the control file $PCP_PMSNAPCONTROL_PATH. The syntax of
this file is described in the comment at the head of the file
and an example is supplied for one and twelve hour "Summary"
performance charts for the local host. Suitable arguments for
pmchart are also described in the comment. The user should
consult pmchart for further details. Note that when pmsnap is
run, it globally substitutes the string LOCALHOSTNAME with the
name of the local host in the control file.
2. Test the configuration by running
$PCP_BINADM_DIR/pmsnap.
Without any arguments pmsnap will process every non-comment
line in $PCP_PMSNAPCONTROL_PATH. The output images will be
placed in the files named in the first field of each line in
the control file, with the file format appended if necessary.
If these file names do not start with / or . then they are
assumed relative to dir, as specified with the -o option. The
default dir is the current directory. Note that if pmlogger
has only been recently started (within about the last 15
minutes), snap-shot images may not be produced and no error
messages will be issued - the reason is that pmchart can not
use very short archives and hence, neither can pmsnap. For
debugging purposes the -V flag should be used.
3. Add an appropriate entry for pmsnap in the root user's
crontab. An example is supplied in
$PCP_VAR_DIR/config/pmlogger/crontab.
4. Incorporate the pmsnap images into the local WWW content.
Usually, WWW pages use images that are relative to a
particular document root, so it is often convenient to use the
-o command line option to specify a sub-directory of the local
WWW content, and then create a web page in this directory that
shows the snapshot images with text and other content
appropriate to the local environment.
pmsnap accepts the following command line options;
-C dir The control file is located in the directory dir rather than
in the default $PCP_PMSNAPCONTROL_PATH location.
-c config-pattern
Only process lines in the control file which match the config-
pattern regular expression in the Config column.
-n name-pattern
Only process lines in the control file which match the name-
pattern regular expression (see egrep(1)) in the Name column.
-o dir The output images having file names which do not start with /
or . will be placed in a directory relative to dir, otherwise
the output directory is relative to the current directory
(i.e. the default value for dir is ./). Note that dir must be
a writable directory path and may be on an NFS or CIFS file
system.
The -N option enables a ``show me'' mode, where the actions are
echoed, but not executed, in the style of ``make -n''. Using -N in
conjunction with -V maximizes the diagnostic capabilities for
debugging.
When either -n or -c are used, pmsnap will only process lines in the
control file which match all the supplied patterns. If no patterns
are given, then all lines will be processed. These arguments allow
multiple entries for pmsnap in crontab so that different performance
summary images can be generated at different times or with different
frequencies.
A sample HTML page, suitable for the Summary snapshot may be found in
$PCP_VAR_DIR/config/pmsnap/Summary.html.
Although pmsnap attempts to flush stdio(3) output buffers in the
relevant pmlogger processes before generating snap-shots images, this
may fail for assorted reasons and no error message will be given.
pmsnap should not be invoked immediately after pmlogger_daily has
rolled the logs because the new archive logs will be too short to
obtain meaningful results. Note however that pmsnap will not report
errors from pmchart about not being able to comply with the -A option
on very short archives. In these cases no error will be reported and
no output images will be produced.
$PCP_PMSNAPCONTROL_PATH
pmsnap control file
$PCP_VAR_DIR/config/pmsnap/Summary
summary view for pmchart
$PCP_VAR_DIR/config/pmsnap/Summary.html
sample HTML page for summary snapshot
$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmlogger/hostname/Latest
PCP archive folio for the host hostname, as generated by
pmlogger_check
$PCP_VAR_DIR/config/pmlogger/crontab
example crontab entry
cron(1), crontab(1), egrep(1), pmchart(1), pmafm(1), pmlc(1),
pmlogger(1), pmlogger_daily(1), X(1), and Xvfb(1).
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