Information about the package, pcp-manager, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pcp-manager package is designed for, Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) manager daemon.
Package Name:
pcp-manager
Summary:
Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) manager daemon
URL:
Description:
An optional daemon (pmmgr) that manages a collection of pmlogger and pmie daemons, for a set of discovered local and remote hosts running the performance metrics collection daemon (pmcd). It ensures these daemons are running when appropriate, and manages their log rotation needs. It is an alternative to the cron-based pmlogger/pmie service scripts.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.10.9
Release:
9.el6
Size:
55 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the pcp-manager package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pcp-manager
This command will install pcp-manager on the server.
yum remove pcp-manager
This command will un-install pcp-manager on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pcp-manager, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pcp-manager
This command will un-install pcp-manager on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pcp-manager when using the -y flag.
yum update pcp-manager
This command will update pcp-manager to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pcp-manager, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pcp-manager
This command will update pcp-manager to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pcp-manager when using the -y flag.
yum info pcp-manager
This command will show you core information about the pcp-manager package.
yum deplist pcp-manager
This command will show you the dependencies for pcp-manager. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update pcp-manager
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pcp-manager. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.