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6 pmdasendmail - sendmail performance metrics domain agent (PMDA)
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9 $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/sendmail/pmdasendmail [-d domain] [-l logfile]
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12 pmdasendmail is a sendmail Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA)
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15 Before the sendmail PMDA can export any metrics, sendmail(1) must have
16 statistics collection enabled. This involves checking the name of the
17 statistics file, as given by the OS or O StatusFile control lines in
18 /etc/sendmail.cf, and then creating this file if it does not already
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22 A brief description of the pmdasendmail command line options follows:
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24 -d It is absolutely crucial that the performance metrics domain num‐
25 ber specified here is unique and consistent. That is, domain
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27 domain number should be used for the same PMDA on all hosts.
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29 -l Location of the log file. By default, a log file named send‐
30 mail.log is written in the current directory of pmcd(1) when
31 pmdasendmail is started, i.e. $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd. If the log file
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35 There are no communication options, as the Install script ensures the
36 sendmail PMDA will be connected to PMCD by a pipe.
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39 If you want access to the names, help text and values for the sendmail
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42 # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/sendmail
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47 # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/sendmail
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50 pmdasendmail is launched by pmcd(1) and should never be executed
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55 $PCP_PMCDCONF_PATH
56 command line options used to launch pmdasendmail
57 $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/sendmail/help
58 default help text file for the sendmail metrics
59 $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/sendmail/Install
60 installation script for the pmdasendmail agent
61 $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/sendmail/Remove
62 undo installation script for the pmdasendmail agent
63 $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/sendmail.log
64 default log file for error messages and other information
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66 /etc/sendmail.cf
67 sendmail configuration file to identify the name of the sta‐
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71 Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize the
72 file and directory names used by PCP. On each installation, the file
73 /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables. The
74 $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative configuration
75 file, as described in pcp.conf(4).
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78 pmcd(1) and sendmail(1).
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