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PCP2XLSX(1) General Commands Manual PCP2XLSX(1)
pcp2xlsx - pcp-to-xlsx metrics exporter
pcp2xlsx [-5CGHILmrRvVz?] [-4 action] [-a archive] [-A align]
[--archive-folio folio] [-b|-B space-scale] [-c config] [--container
container] [--daemonize] [-e derived] [-f format] [-F outfile] [-h
host] [-i instances] [-K spec] [-O origin] [-P|-0 precision] [-q|-Q
count-scale] [-s samples] [-S starttime] [-t interval] [-T endtime]
[-y|-Y time-scale] [-Z timezone] metricspec [...]
pcp2xlsx is a customizable performance metrics exporter tool from PCP
to XLSX. Any available performance metric, live or archived, system
and/or application, can be selected for exporting using either
command line arguments or a configuration file.
pcp2xlsx is a close relative of pmrep(1). Please refer to pmrep(1)
for the metricspec description accepted on pcp2xlsx command line and
pmrep.conf(5) for description of the pcp2xlsx.conf configuration file
overall syntax, this page describes pcp2xlsx specific options and
configuration file differences with pmrep.conf(5). pmrep(1) also
lists some usage examples of which most are applicable with pcp2xlsx
as well.
Only the command line options listed on this page are supported,
other options recognized by pmrep(1) are not supported.
Options via environment values (see pmGetOptions(3)) override the
corresponding built-in default values (if any). Configuration file
options override the corresponding environment variables (if any).
Command line options override the corresponding configuration file
options (if any).
pcp2xlsx uses a configuration file with overall syntax described in
pmrep.conf(5). The following options are common with pmrep.conf:
version, source, speclocal, derived, header, globals, samples,
interval, type, type_prefer, ignore_incompat, names_change,
instances, omit_flat, precision, precision_force, count_scale,
count_scale_force, space_scale, space_scale_force, time_scale,
time_scale_force. The output option is recognized but ignored for
pmrep.conf compatibility.
There are no pcp2xlsx specific options.
The available command line options are:
-0 precision, --precision-force=precision
Like -P but this option will override per-metric specifications.
-4 action, --names-change=action
Specify which action to take on receiving a metric names change
event during sampling. These events occur when a PMDA discovers
new metrics sometime after starting up, and informs running
client tools like pcp2xlsx. Valid values for action are update
(refresh metrics being sampled), ignore (do nothing - the
default behaviour) and abort (exit the program if such an event
happens).
-5, --ignore-unknown
Silently ignore any metric name that cannot be resolved. At
least one metric must be found for the tool to start.
-a archive, --archive=archive
Performance metric values are retrieved from the set of
Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) archive log files identified by the
archive argument, which is a comma-separated list of names, each
of which may be the base name of an archive or the name of a
directory containing one or more archives.
-A align, --align=align
Force the initial sample to be aligned on the boundary of a
natural time unit align. Refer to PCPIntro(1) for a complete
description of the syntax for align.
--archive-folio=folio
Read metric source archives from the PCP archive folio created
by tools like pmchart(1) or, less often, manually with mkaf(1).
-b scale, --space-scale=scale
Unit/scale for space (byte) metrics, possible values include
bytes, Kbytes, KB, Mbytes, MB, and so forth. This option will
not override possible per-metric specifications. See also
pmParseUnitsStr(3).
-B scale, --space-scale-force=scale
Like -b but this option will override per-metric specifications.
-c config, --config=config
Specify the config file to use. The default is the first found
of: ./pcp2xlsx.conf, $HOME/.pcp2xlsx.conf,
$HOME/pcp/pcp2xlsx.conf, and $PCP_SYSCONF_DIR/pcp2xlsx.conf.
For details, see the above section and pmrep.conf(5).
--container=container
Fetch performance metrics from the specified container, either
local or remote (see -h).
-C, --check
Exit before reporting any values, but after parsing the
configuration and metrics and printing possible headers.
--daemonize
Daemonize on startup.
-e derived, --derived=derived
Specify derived performance metrics. If derived starts with a
slash (``/'') or with a dot (``.'') it will be interpreted as a
derived metrics configuration file, otherwise it will be
interpreted as comma- or semicolon-separated derived metric
expressions. For details see pmLoadDerivedConfig(3) and
pmRegisterDerived(3).
-G, --no-globals
Do not include global metrics in reporting (see pmrep.conf(5)).
-f format, --timestamp-format=format
Use the format string for formatting the timestamp. The format
will be used with Python's datetime.strftime method which is
mostly the same as that described in strftime(3). The default
is %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.
-F outfile, --output-file=outfile
Specify the output file outfile.
-h host, --host=host
Fetch performance metrics from pmcd(1) on host, rather than from
the default localhost.
-H, --no-header
Do not print any headers.
-i instances, --instances=instances
Report only the listed instances from current instances (if
present). By default all current instances are reported. This
is a global option that is used for all metrics unless a metric-
specific instance definition is provided as part of a
metricspec. By default single-valued ``flat'' metrics without
multiple instances are still reported as usual, use -v to change
this. Please refer to pmrep(1) for more details on this option.
-I, --ignore-incompat
Ignore incompatible metrics. By default incompatible metrics
(that is, their type is unsupported or they cannot be scaled as
requested) will cause pcp2xlsx to terminate with an error
message. With this option all incompatible metrics are silently
omitted from reporting. This may be especially useful when
requesting non-leaf nodes of the PMNS tree for reporting.
-K spec, --spec-local=spec
When fetching metrics from a local context (see -L), the -K
option may be used to control the DSO PMDAs that should be made
accessible. The spec argument conforms to the syntax described
in pmSpecLocalPMDA(3). More than one -K option may be used.
-L, --local-PMDA
Use a local context to collect metrics from DSO PMDAs on the
local host without PMCD. See also -K.
-m include labels in the report.
-O origin, --origin=origin
When reporting archived metrics, start reporting at origin
within the time window (see -S and -T). Refer to PCPIntro(1)
for a complete description of the syntax for origin.
-P precision, --precision=precision
Use precision for numeric non-integer output values. The
default is to use 3 decimal places (when applicable). This
option will not override possible per-metric specifications.
-q scale, --count-scale=scale
Unit/scale for count metrics, possible values include count x
10^-1, count, count x 10, count x 10^2, and so forth from 10^-8
to 10^7. (These values are currently space-sensitive.) This
option will not override possible per-metric specifications.
See also pmParseUnitsStr(3).
-Q scale, --count-scale-force=scale
Like -q but this option will override per-metric specifications.
-r, --raw
Output raw metric values, do not convert cumulative counters to
rates. This option will override possible per-metric
specifications.
-R, --raw-prefer
Like -r but this option will not override per-metric
specifications.
-s samples, --samples=samples
The samples argument defines the number of samples to be
retrieved and reported. If samples is 0 or -s is not specified,
pcp2xlsx will sample and report continuously (in real time mode)
or until the end of the set of PCP archives (in archive mode).
See also -T.
-S starttime, --start=starttime
When reporting archived metrics, the report will be restricted
to those records logged at or after starttime. Refer to
PCPIntro(1) for a complete description of the syntax for
starttime.
-t interval, --interval=interval
Set the reporting interval to something other than the default 1
second. The interval argument follows the syntax described in
PCPIntro(1), and in the simplest form may be an unsigned integer
(the implied units in this case are seconds). See also the -T
option.
-T endtime, --finish=endtime
When reporting archived metrics, the report will be restricted
to those records logged before or at endtime. Refer to
PCPIntro(1) for a complete description of the syntax for
endtime.
When used to define the runtime before pcp2xlsx will exit, if no
samples is given (see -s) then the number of reported samples
depends on interval (see -t). If samples is given then interval
will be adjusted to allow reporting of samples during runtime.
In case all of -T, -s, and -t are given, endtime determines the
actual time pcp2xlsx will run.
-v, --omit-flat
Omit single-valued ``flat'' metrics from reporting, only
consider set-valued metrics (i.e., metrics with multiple values)
for reporting. See -i and -I.
-V, --version
Display version number and exit.
-y scale, --time-scale=scale
Unit/scale for time metrics, possible values include nanosec,
ns, microsec, us, millisec, ms, and so forth up to hour, hr.
This option will not override possible per-metric
specifications. See also pmParseUnitsStr(3).
-Y scale, --time-scale-force=scale
Like -y but this option will override per-metric specifications.
-z, --hostzone
Use the local timezone of the host that is the source of the
performance metrics, as identified by either the -h or the -a
options. The default is to use the timezone of the local host.
-Z timezone, --timezone=timezone
Use timezone for the date and time. Timezone is in the format
of the environment variable TZ as described in environ(7). Note
that when including a timezone string in output, ISO 8601 -style
UTC offsets are used (so something like -Z EST+5 will become
UTC-5).
-?, --help
Display usage message and exit.
pcp2xlsx.conf
pcp2xlsx configuration file (see -c)
Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize
the file and directory names used by PCP. On each installation, the
file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables.
The $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative
configuration file, as described in pcp.conf(5).
For environment variables affecting PCP tools, see pmGetOptions(3).
mkaf(1), PCPIntro(1), pcp(1), pcp2elasticsearch(1), pcp2graphite(1),
pcp2influxdb(1), pcp2json(1), pcp2spark(1), pcp2xml(1),
pcp2zabbix(1), pmcd(1), pminfo(1), pmrep(1), pmGetOptions(3),
pmSpecLocalPMDA(3), pmLoadDerivedConfig(3), pmParseUnitsStr(3),
pmRegisterDerived(3), LOGARCHIVE(5), pcp.conf(5), PMNS(5),
pmrep.conf(5) and environ(7).
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