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6 pmafm - Performance Co-Pilot archive folio manager
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9 pmafm folioname [command [arg ...]]
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12 A collection of one or more Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) archive logs may
13 be combined with a control file to produce a PCP archive folio. Ar‐
14 chive folios are created using either mkaf(1) or the interactive
15 ``record mode'' services of PCP clients like pmchart(1).
16 pmafm provides a number of services that may be used to process folios.
18 In particular, it provides support for execution of PCP tools using one
19 or more of the component archive logs within an archive folio.
20 The target folio is identified by the folio control file folioname.
22 The syntax for a folio control file is described in mkaf(1).
23 If present, the command and arguments following folioname are inter‐
25 preted and executed as a single command, otherwise commands are read
26 from standard input.
27 The following commands are supported.
29 archives
31 Subsequent commands apply to all archives in the folio.
32 archives N[,...]
34 Archives within a folio are numbered 1, 2, etc. Subsequent com‐
35 mands are restricted to apply only to the designated archives.
36 archives name[,...]
38 Archives within a folio have unique names. Subsequent commands
39 are restricted to apply only to the designated archives.
40 check Validate the presence and format of each file in the folio and
42 the component archives.
43 help
45 A brief reminder of the command syntax. ? is a synonym for
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47 hosts
49 Subsequent commands apply to all archives in the folio.
50 hosts hostname[,...]
52 Subsequent commands are restricted to apply only to those ar‐
53 chives that match the designated hostnames.
54 list [verbose]
56 Display the contents of the folio. By default the control
57 header and the ordinal number, hostname and archive base name
58 for each archive in the folio. The verbose option causes pmafm
59 to dump the label record from each archive using pmdumplog -l.
60 The first named archive in the folio is assumed to be associated
62 with the default host for any tool that tries to replay multiple
63 archives from the folio.
64 quit
66 Exit pmafm.
67 remove
69 Echo on standard output the sh(1) commands required to remove
70 all of the physical files associated with this archive folio.
71 repeat tool [arg ...]
73 Execute the known PCP tool once per selected archive. For exam‐
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75 repeat pmval -t60 kernel.all.load
76 would run pmval(1) once per archive, with an appropriate -a
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78 replay
80 Some archive folios are created by tools (e.g. pmchart(1)) that
81 provide sufficient information to allow all of the information
82 in all of the archives of a folio to be replayed.
83 [run] tool [arg ...]
85 Execute the known PCP tool on the selected archives. Some PCP
86 tools are able to process multiple concurrent archives, and in
87 this case the tool is run once with the list of all selected ar‐
88 chives passed via a -a argument. Otherwise, this command is
89 synonymous with repeat.
90 selections
92 Display those archives that would be selected for processing
93 with a repeat, replay or run command.
94 The restrictions via any hosts and archives commands are conjuncted.
96 These restrictions serve to limit the specific archives processed in
97 the subsequent repeat, replay, run and selections commands. By
98 default, all archives are selected.
99 Keywords in commands may be abbreviated provided no ambiguity is intro‐
101 duced, e.g. help, hel and he are synonymous, but h is ambiguous.
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104 $PCP_VAR_DIR/config/pmafm/*
105 control files that define the behavior of each PCP tool known
106 to pmafm. This information may be customized or extended,
107 see $PCP_VAR_DIR/config/pmafm/pcp for documentation of the
108 syntax and semantics of these files.
109 $HOME/.pcp/pmafm/*
110 User customization of the control files. All files in this
111 directory are treated in the same manner as control files in
112 the $PCP_VAR_DIR/config/pmafm directory.
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115 Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize the
116 file and directory names used by PCP. On each installation, the file
117 /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables. The
118 $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative configuration
119 file, as described in pcp.conf(5).
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122 mkaf(1), pmchart(1), pmview(1), PMAPI(3), pmRecordSetup(3), pcp.conf(5)
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