PMDACIFS(1)                 General Commands Manual                PMDACIFS(1)

NAME
       pmdacifs - Common Internet Filesystem (CIFS) PMDA

SYNOPSIS
       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/cifs/pmdacifs [-D debug]

DESCRIPTION
       pmdacifs is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which exports
       metric values about mounted CIFS shares from the /proc/fs/cifs
       directory. This PMDA requires at least the CIFS kernel module to be
       loaded to return some metric values and at least one mounted CIFS share
       in order to provide data for all metrics.

INSTALLATION
       Install the CIFS PMDA by using the Install script as root:

           # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/cifs
           # ./Install

       To uninstall, the following must be done as root:

           # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/cifs
           # ./Remove

       pmdacifs is launched by pmcd(1) and should never be executed directly.
       The Install and Remove scripts notify pmcd when the agent is installed
       or removed.

FILES
       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/cifs/help
           default help text file for the CIFS metrics

       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/cifs/Install
           installation script for the pmdacifs agent

       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/cifs/Remove
           undo installation script for the pmdacifs agent

       $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/cifs.log
           default log file for error messages from pmdacifs

PCP ENVIRONMENT
       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).

DEBUGGING OPTIONS
       The -D or --debug option enables the output of additional diagnostics
       on stderr to help triage problems, although the information is
       sometimes cryptic and primarily intended to provide guidance for
       developers rather end-users.  debug is a comma separated list of
       debugging options; use pmdbg(1) with the -l option to obtain a list of
       the available debugging options and their meaning.

SEE ALSO
       PCPIntro(1), pmcd(1), pmstore(1) and mount.cifs(8).


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