gatherd(8) [centos man page]

GATHERD(8)						     Linux Programmers Manual							GATHERD(8)

NAME

       gatherd - SBLIM metric collection daemon

SYNOPSIS

       gatherd [argument]

DESCRIPTION

       The gatherd program is a system daemon that collects performance metrics for various components via a set of metric plugins. Raw metric
       data is forwarded to a seperate repository daemon that is located either locally or remotely (see reposd(8)). The repository destination,
       location of plugin directory, and other controllable configuration options are described in the configuration file man page (see
       gatherd.conf(5)).

       The gatherd daemon can be controlled at runtime by way of the gatherctl(8) command. This provides the ability to load and unload metric
       plugins online without the need to restart gatherd.

       The primary goal of the the sblim-gather package is to implement the DMTF's Base Metric Model (DSP1053). While, gatherd, reposd(8), and
       their plugins can be used standalone, the greatest benefit comes from using their CIM provider layer in conjuction with a CIM Object
       Manager (see cimserver(1)). For more information about CIM and the Base Metric Model refer to the Distrubuted Management Task Force (DMTF)
       at http://www.dmtf.org.

OPTIONS

       argument
	   gatherd daemonizes by default. Passing any value on the command line will cause it to run in the terminal.

FILES

       /etc/gatherd.conf
	   This file contains the daemon configuration settings. See gatherd.conf(5) for more information.

BUGS

       The SBLIM project maintains a mailing list to which you should direct all questions regarding sfcb, sfcc, wbemcli, the metric data
       gatherer, or any of the SBLIM providers. To subscribe to this list visit:

	   https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sblim-issues

       Please report bugs you discover to the bug tracker. The SBLIM project bug tracking page can be found at:

	   https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=128809&atid=712784

AUTHORS

       Please refer to the AUTHORS file distributed with sblim-gather.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2003-2012 IBM Corp.

LICENSE

       gatherd is distributed under the terms of the Eclipse Public License ("Agreement"). Any use, reproduction or distribution of this program
       constitutes recipeients acceptance of the agreement.

       You can obtain a current copy of the Eclipse Public License from http://www.opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php

SEE ALSO

       gatherctl(8), gatherd.conf(5), reposd(8), cimserver(1)

sblim-gather-2.2.8						    06/17/2014								GATHERD(8)

GATHERD.CONF(5) 					     Linux Programmers Manual						   GATHERD.CONF(5)

NAME

       gatherd.conf - SBLIM metric repository daemon configuration file

DESCRIPTION

       The file gatherd.conf is read by gatherd(8) at startup. Each line consists of a configuration option value pair delimited by an '='
       character. A '#' (number sign) indicates the beginning of a comment.

OPTIONS

       RepositoryHost=addr
	   The ip address of the remote repository daemon to which metric values will be sent. Default is localhost.

       RepositoryPort=port
	   TCP port of remote repository daemon. Default is 6363.

       TraceLevel=level
	   Trace level for the gatherd process. Default is 0.

       TraceFile=file
	   Name of file to write tracing information. Default is stderr.

       TraceComponents=comps[:comps...]
	   Gatherer components to be traced seperated by a colon (:). Valid components are: comm, util, gather, rrepos. Default is none.

       PluginDirectory=dir
	   Directory where metric collection plugins are located. Default is /usr/lib/gather/mplug (/usr/lib64/gather/mplug).

       AutoLoad=plugin[:plugin...]
	   Plugins to automatically load, initalize and start sampling. Valid values are: * or colon-seperated list. Default is none.

       SampleInterval=secs
	   If specified this interval will override the plugin defined individual sampling intervals. Unit is in seconds.

	   WARNING: This config option should only be used for debugging purposes. It overrides the per metric defined sample interval of all
	   plugins, and really short intervals can introduce skew in the data due to seconds not being a high enough sample resolution.

       Synchronization=0|1
	   Specifies whether the metric plugins are invoked in a time-synchronized manner. Synchronized metrics with the same sample interval will
	   be scheduled together. Possible values are:

	       1 synchronized relative to Jan, 1st, 1970, 00:00

	       0 unsynchronized, will be scheduled asap

	   Default is 1.

BUGS

       The SBLIM project maintains a mailing list to which you should direct all questions regarding sfcb, sfcc, wbemcli, the metric data
       gatherer, or any of the SBLIM providers. To subscribe to this list visit:

	   https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sblim-issues

       Please report bugs you discover to the bug tracker. The SBLIM project bug tracking page can be found at:

	   https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=128809&atid=712784

AUTHORS

       Please refer to the AUTHORS file distributed with sblim-gather.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2003-2012 IBM Corp.

LICENSE

       gatherd.conf is distributed under the terms of the Eclipse Public License ("Agreement"). Any use, reproduction or distribution of this
       program constitutes recipeients acceptance of the agreement.

       You can obtain a current copy of the Eclipse Public License from http://www.opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php

SEE ALSO

       gatherd(8)

sblim-gather-2.2.8						    06/17/2014							   GATHERD.CONF(5)