PMDADBPING

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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):

•: /etc/pcpdbi.conf
•: $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:

•: database name (see DBI(3) for details)
•: database user name
•: database pass word
•: SQL statement to measure (probe)
•: 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