PMDAMIC(1)

💖 PMDAMIC(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the General Commands Manual moment for pmdamic — yes, that's the section 1 page, and yes, she's serving documentation realness. grab a snack 🍓, we're doing this.

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✨ NAME ✨

pmdamic — the MIC card PMDA 🎀

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, pmdamic is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA for short, iykyk) and what she does is export metric values about Intel MIC cards, and she does it using the libmicmgmt(7) python bindings. periodt. 💅

what you get out of that is info on core, memory and power utilization — the whole trio, no cap. 🔥

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🦋 INSTALLATION 🦋

to install the MIC PMDA, you run the Install script as root, like this:

# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mic
# ./Install

and if you're like "actually no, take it back," you undo the installation as root:

# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mic
# ./Remove

lowkey important: pmdamic is launched by pmcd(1) and should never be executed directly. she's not a solo act, she's part of an ensemble. 🌈

also cute: the Install and Remove scripts will notify pmcd(1) when the agent is installed or removed. they handle the goss, you don't have to. 💌

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💜 FILES 💜

• $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mic/Install — the installation script for the pmdamic agent. the one that starts everything. 🌟
• $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mic/Remove — the undo installation script for the pmdamic agent. the one that says sike. 🙈
• $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/mic.log — the default log file for error messages from pmdamic. when she's got something to say, it goes here. 💀

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🧚 PCP ENVIRONMENT 🧚

environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are the ones used to parameterize the file and directory names that PCP uses. every time you install, the file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables. and if you want to be extra, the $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative configuration file, as described in pcp.conf(5). main character energy fr fr. 👑

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• PCPIntro(1)
• pmcd(1)
• libmicmgmt(7)

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and that's the whole page bestie!! 🫶 this was Performance Co-Pilot, the PCP release, page PMDAMIC(1) — go forth and monitor those MIC cards, you absolute legend. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅