1PMDAVMWARE(1)                Performance Co-Pilot                PMDAVMWARE(1)
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NAME

6       pmdavmware - VMware performance metrics domain agent (PMDA)
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DESCRIPTION

9       pmdavmware is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which exports
10       metric values from a (possibly remote) VMware virtualisation host.
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12       This implementation uses the VMare Perl API (refer to the online docs
13       at http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit).  VIPerl is a
14       prerequisite for this PMDA, it needs to be installed and configured
15       before attempting to use this agent.  It is highly recommended that you
16       test your VIPerl installation using the demo programs that are shipped
17       with VIPerl, before attempting to use this PMDA.
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INSTALLATION

20       In order to access performance data using the VIPerl API, it is
21       necessary to be able to login to the metrics source.  Hence, a valid
22       VMware server name, user name and pass word are needed by the PMDA.
23       These can be passed in on the command line (via the pmcd.conf file) or
24       via a vmware.conf file in the PMDA directory.
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26               # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/vmware
27               # [ edit vmware.conf ]
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29       This file should contain connection information, such as:
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31               $host = 'vm.host.net';
32               $server = 'vm.server.net';
33               $username = 'XXXX';
34               $password  = 'YYYY';
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36       Once this is setup, you can access the names and values for the vmware
37       performance metrics by doing the following as root:
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39               # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/vmware
40               # ./Install
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42       If you want to undo the installation, do the following as root:
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44               # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/vmware
45               # ./Remove
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47       pmdavmware is launched by pmcd(1) and should never be executed
48       directly.  The Install and Remove scripts notify pmcd(1) when the agent
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FILES

52       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/vmware/vmware.conf
53           configuration file for the pmdavmware agent
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55       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/vmware/Install
56           installation script for the pmdavmware agent
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58       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/vmware/Remove
59           undo installation script for the pmdavmware agent
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61       $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/vmware.log
62           default log file for error messages from pmdavmware
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SEE ALSO

65       pmcd(1).
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