From nathans@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com Thu May 11 15:36:29 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list pcp); Thu, 11 May 2006 15:36:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from larry.melbourne.sgi.com (larry.melbourne.sgi.com [134.14.52.130]) by oss.sgi.com (8.13.6/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with SMTP id k4BMYOVk022105 for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 15:36:27 -0700 Received: from wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com (wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com [134.14.55.135]) by larry.melbourne.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id HAA19909; Fri, 12 May 2006 07:28:04 +1000 Received: from wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com (SGI-8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id k4BLS1JC2181536; Fri, 12 May 2006 07:28:02 +1000 (EST) Received: (from nathans@localhost) by wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com (SGI-8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id k4BLRwN22182513; Fri, 12 May 2006 07:27:58 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 07:27:58 +1000 From: Nathan Scott To: brianoflan@yahoo.com Cc: pcp@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: Via sgi.com: PCP metrics and descriptions Message-ID: <20060512072758.A2180558@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> References: <200605111731.k4BHVWit013113@web1.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200605111731.k4BHVWit013113@web1.sgi.com>; from brianoflan@yahoo.com on Thu, May 11, 2006 at 10:31:32AM -0700 X-archive-position: 542 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: pcp-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: pcp-bounce@oss.sgi.com X-original-sender: nathans@sgi.com Precedence: bulk X-list: pcp On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 10:31:32AM -0700, brianoflan@yahoo.com wrote: > I need a list of all PCP metrics and what they > mean. I can figure out kernel.all.cpu.sys and > kernel.all.cpu.user but what's the difference > between mem.util.emptymem and > mem.util.freemem? All I want is a table: PCP > metric and meaning. The "pminfo -T" command will give you this table for all installed PMDAs. Since PCP is extensible via additional PMDAs, this is not necessarily the full list of metrics everywhere, but it should keep you busy for awhile. The PCP mailing list on oss.sgi.com would also be a good place to ask this sort of question. cheers. -- Nathan