1PMDARSYSLOG(1)              General Commands Manual             PMDARSYSLOG(1)
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NAME

6       pmdarsyslog - rsyslog (reliable and extended syslog) PMDA
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DESCRIPTION

9       pmdarsyslog  is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which exports
10       metric values from the rsyslogd(8) server.
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12       Further details about rsyslog can be found at http://www.rsyslog.com/.
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INSTALLATION

15       If you want access to the names and values for the rsyslog  performance
16       metrics, do the following as root:
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18             # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rsyslog
19             # ./Install
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21       To uninstall, do the following as root:
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23             # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rsyslog
24             # ./Remove
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26       pmdarsyslog  is  launched  by  pmcd(1)  and  should  never  be executed
27       directly. The Install and Remove scripts notify pmcd(1) when the  agent
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30       In  order  to  use this agent, rsyslog stats gathering must be enabled.
31       This is done by adding the lines:
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33             $ModLoad impstats
34             $PStatsInterval 5       # log every 5 seconds
35             syslog.info             |/var/log/pcp/rsyslog/stats
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37       to your rsyslog.conf(5) configuration file after installing  the  PMDA.
38       Take  care  to ensure the syslog.info messages do not get logged in any
39       other file, as this could unexpectedly fill  your  filesystem.   Syntax
40       useful for this is syslog.!=info for explicitly excluding these.
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FILES

43       $PCP_LOG_DIR/rsyslog/stats
44           named  pipe  containing  statistics  exported from rsyslog, usually
45           created by the PMDA Install script.
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47       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
48           optional configuration file for pmdarsyslog
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50       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rsyslog/Install
51           installation script for the pmdarsyslog agent
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53       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rsyslog/Remove
54           undo installation script for the pmdarsyslog agent
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56       $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/rsyslog.log
57           default log file for error messages from pmdarsyslog
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PCP ENVIRONMENT

60       Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize the
61       file  and  directory  names used by PCP. On each installation, the file
62       /etc/pcp.conf contains the  local  values  for  these  variables.   The
63       $PCP_CONF  variable may be used to specify an alternative configuration
64       file, as described in pcp.conf(5).
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SEE ALSO

67       PCPIntro(1), pmcd(1) and rsyslogd(1).
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