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PCP2XLSX(1)                General Commands Manual               PCP2XLSX(1)

NAME         top

       pcp2xlsx - pcp-to-xlsx metrics exporter

SYNOPSIS         top

       pcp2xlsx [-CGHILrRvVz?]  [-a archive] [--archive-folio folio] [-A
       align] [-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 [...]

DESCRIPTION         top

       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).

CONFIGURATION FILE         top

       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, 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.

OPTIONS         top

       The available command line options are:

       -a archive, --archive=archive
            Performance metric values are retrieved from the set of
            Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) archive log files identified by the
            argument archive, 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.

       --archive-folio
            Read metric source archives from the PCP archive folio created
            by tools like pmchart(1) or, less often, manually with mkaf(1).

       -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.

       -b scale, --space-scale=scale
            Unit/scale for space (byte) metrics, possible values include
            bytes, Kbytes, KB, Mbytes, MB, and so forth up to Ebytes, EB.
            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
            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.

       -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.

       -0 precision, --precision-force=precision
            Like -P but this option will override 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 argument samples 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
            The default update interval may be set 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.

FILES         top

       pcp2xlsx.conf
              pcp2xlsx configuration file (see -c)

PCP ENVIRONMENT         top

       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).

SEE ALSO         top

       mkaf(1), PCPIntro(1), pcp(1), pcp2elasticsearch(1), pcp2graphite(1),
       pcp2influxdb(1), pcp2json(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).

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the PCP (Performance Co-Pilot) project.
       Information about the project can be found at ⟨http://www.pcp.io/⟩.
       If you have a bug report for this manual page, send it to
       pcp@groups.io.  This page was obtained from the project's upstream
       Git repository ⟨https://github.com/performancecopilot/pcp.git⟩ on
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