$PCP_PMLOGGERCONTROL_PATH
the PCP logger control file. For a new installation this
file contains no pmlogger(1) control lines (the real control
files are all in the $PCP_PMLOGGERCONTROL_PATH.d directory),
but this file is still processed to support any legacy
configurations therein from earlier PCP releases.
Warning: this file must not be writable by any user other
than root.
$PCP_PMLOGGERCONTROL_PATH.d
optional directory containing additional PCP logger control
files, typically one per host
Warning: the files herein must not be writable by any user
other than root.
$PCP_SYSCONF_DIR/pmlogger/crontab
sample crontab for automated script execution by $PCP_USER
(or root). Exists only if the platform does not support the
/etc/cron.d mechanism.
$PCP_VAR_DIR/config/pmlogger/config.default
default pmlogger configuration file location for the local
primary logger, typically generated automatically by
pmlogconf(1).
$PCP_ARCHIVE_DIR/<hostname>
default location for archives of performance information
collected from the host hostname
$PCP_ARCHIVE_DIR/<hostname>/lock
transient lock file to guarantee mutual exclusion during
pmlogger administration for the host hostname - if present,
can be safely removed if neither pmlogger_daily nor
pmlogger_check are running
$PCP_ARCHIVE_DIR/<hostname>/Latest
PCP archive folio created by mkaf(1) for the most recently
launched archive containing performance metrics from the
host hostname
$PCP_LOG_DIR/NOTICES
PCP ``notices'' file used by pmie(1) and friends
$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmlogger/pmlogger_check.log
if the previous execution of pmlogger_check produced any
output it is saved here. The normal case is no output in
which case the file does not exist.
$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmlogger/pmlogger_daily.log
if the previous execution of pmlogger_daily produced any
output it is saved here. The normal case is no output in
which case the file does not exist.
$PCP_ARCHIVE_DIR/<hostname>/SaveLogs
if this directory exists, then the log file from the -l
argument of a newly launched pmlogger(1) for hostname will
be linked into this directory with the name archive.log
where archive is the basename of the associated pmlogger(1)
PCP archive files. This allows the log file to be inspected
at a later time, even if several pmlogger(1) instances for
hostname have been launched in the interim. Because the
cron-driven PCP archive management scripts run under the uid
of the user ``pcp'', $PCP_ARCHIVE_DIR/hostname/SaveLogs
typically needs to be owned by the user ``pcp''.
$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmlogger/.NeedRewrite
if this file exists, then this is treated as equivalent to
using -R on the command line and the file will be removed
once all rewriting has been done.
