PMDADBPING(1)
NAME
pmdadbping - database response time and availability PMDA
DESCRIPTION
Simple database response time measurement PMDA. dbprobe.pl(1) should
be configured to use the type of DBI appropriate for your database,
which includes: RDBMS flavour, user/password, delay between "ping"
requests, and the SQL statement to use. pmdadbping runs dbprobe.pl(1),
and exports the performance measurements it makes available as PCP
metrics.
INSTALLATION
Configure dbprobe.pl(1) - it uses a configuration file from (in this
order):
o /etc/pcpdbi.conf
o $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/dbping/dbprobe.conf
This file can contain overridden values (Perl code) for the settings
listed at the start of dbprobe.pl, namely:
o database name (see DBI(3) for details)
o database user name
o database pass word
o SQL statement to measure (probe)
o delay between probes
- Once this is setup, you can access the names and values for the dbping
performance metrics by doing the following as root:
- # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/dbping
# ./Install - If you want to undo the installation, do the following as root:
# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/dbping
# ./Remove- pmdadbping is launched by pmcd(1) and should never be executed directly. The Install and Remove scripts notify pmcd(1) when the agent is installed or removed.
FILES
- $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/dbping/probes.stp
- probe configuration file for stap(1), run by pmdadbping
- $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/dbping/Install
- installation script for the pmdadbping agent
- $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/dbping/Remove
- undo installation script for the pmdadbping agent
- $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/dbping.log
- default log file for error messages from pmdadbping
SEE ALSO
- pmcd(1), dbprobe.pl(1) and DBI(3).