gatherd(8)

1GATHERD(8)                 Linux Programmers Manual                 GATHERD(8)
2
3
4

NAME

6       gatherd - SBLIM metric collection daemon
7

SYNOPSIS

9       gatherd [argument]
10

DESCRIPTION

12       The gatherd program is a system daemon that collects performance
13       metrics for various components via a set of metric plugins. Raw metric
14       data is forwarded to a seperate repository daemon that is located
15       either locally or remotely (see reposd(8)). The repository destination,
16       location of plugin directory, and other controllable configuration
17       options are described in the configuration file man page (see
18       gatherd.conf(5)).
19
20       The gatherd daemon can be controlled at runtime by way of the
21       gatherctl(8) command. This provides the ability to load and unload
22       metric plugins online without the need to restart gatherd.
23
24       The primary goal of the the sblim-gather package is to implement the
25       DMTF's Base Metric Model (DSP1053). While, gatherd, reposd(8), and
26       their plugins can be used standalone, the greatest benefit comes from
27       using their CIM provider layer in conjuction with a CIM Object Manager
28       (see cimserver(1)). For more information about CIM and the Base Metric
29       Model refer to the Distrubuted Management Task Force (DMTF) at
30       http://www.dmtf.org.
31

OPTIONS

33       argument
34           gatherd daemonizes by default. Passing any value on the command
35           line will cause it to run in the terminal.
36

FILES

38       /etc/gatherd.conf
39           This file contains the daemon configuration settings. See
40           gatherd.conf(5) for more information.
41

BUGS

43       The SBLIM project maintains a mailing list to which you should direct
44       all questions regarding sfcb, sfcc, wbemcli, the metric data gatherer,
45       or any of the SBLIM providers. To subscribe to this list visit:
46
47           https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sblim-issues
48
49       Please report bugs you discover to the bug tracker. The SBLIM project
50       bug tracking page can be found at:
51
52           https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=128809&atid=712784
53
54

AUTHORS

56       Please refer to the AUTHORS file distributed with sblim-gather.
57

COPYRIGHT

59       Copyright © 2003-2012 IBM Corp.
60

LICENSE

62       gatherd is distributed under the terms of the Eclipse Public License
63       ("Agreement"). Any use, reproduction or distribution of this program
64       constitutes recipeients acceptance of the agreement.
65
66       You can obtain a current copy of the Eclipse Public License from
67       http://www.opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php
68