----- "Ken McDonell" <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ...
> So do you think pmlogconf should _always_ be run with the hostname of
> the target system where pmcd is running (and localhost as the not
> very likely default)?
Yes, I think so. localhost might be commonly used in the vanilla PCP
installation case (local machine, default install, basic setup)... not
as config.default, perhaps, but certainly as an easy way to get useful
data (rather than just kernel.all.load ;)
> So the "set of hostnames" would involve iteration (possibly outside
> pmlogconf) to run pmlogconf once for each host in the set and
> generate an appropriate pmlogger config for that host?
Yes, I think so. Possibly/probably/optionally using pmloggers existing
control file mechanism?
> I'm working on a probing syntax at the moment ... more when I have a
> proof of concept.
cheers.
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Nathan
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