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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22       To uninstall, do the following as root:
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24           # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rsyslog
25           # ./Remove
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27       pmdarsyslog  is  launched  by  pmcd(1)  and  should  never  be executed
28       directly. The Install and Remove scripts notify pmcd(1) when the  agent
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31       In  order  to  use this agent, rsyslog stats gathering must be enabled.
32       This is done by adding the lines:
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35           $PStatsInterval 5       # log every 5 seconds
36           syslog.info             |/var/log/pcp/rsyslog/stats
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38       to your rsyslog.conf(5) configuration file after installing  the  PMDA.
39       Take  care  to ensure the syslog.info messages do not get logged in any
40       other file, as this could unexpectedly fill  your  filesystem.   Syntax
41       useful for this is syslog.!=info for explicitly excluding these.
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FILES

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

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

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