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1. _I_n_t_r_o_d_u_c_t_i_o_n
The Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) provides a suite of tools
that co-operate to deliver distributed, integrated
performance monitoring and performance management services
across the spectrum of performance domains, i.e. for
hardware platforms, operating systems, DBMS and
applications.
The targeted user of the Performance Co-Pilot's services is
the performance analyst, benchmarker, engineering developer,
database administrator, capacity planner or system
administrator with an interest in overall ssssyyyysssstttteeeemmmm
performance, and a need to quickly isolate and understand
performance behavior, resource utilization, activity levels
and bottlenecks in large complex systems. The most likely
targets for this analysis are large servers, or clusters of
servers, providing DBMS, video, compute or file services to
distributed clients.
In a typical deployment, the Performance Co-Pilot would be
installed in a ccccoooolllllllleeeeccccttttoooorrrr ccccoooonnnnffffiiiigggguuuurrrraaaattttiiiioooonnnn on one or more hosts,
from which the performance information could then be
obtained, and in a mmmmoooonnnniiiittttoooorrrr ccccoooonnnnffffiiiigggguuuurrrraaaattttiiiioooonnnn on one or more
workstations, from which the performance of the collector
systems could then be monitored.
These release notes cover the first time installation of the
_p_c_p product, as well as the upgrade for an existing _p_c_p
installation.
Note also, that some useful ancillary PCP components are
included in the _p_c_p__g_i_f_t_s product that is distributed with
the _p_c_p product, and described in the _p_c_p__g_i_f_t_s release
notes.
Also of interest is the core _p_c_p__e_o_e product that provides
the base libraries and services for much of the _p_c_p product.
There are separate release notes for _p_c_p__e_o_e and users are
strongly encouraged to read the release notes for bbbbooootttthhhh
_p_c_p__e_o_e and _p_c_p.
Feedback: The development team for the Performance Co-Pilot
welcomes your feedback, comments and suggestions.
If you are able to send and receive external e-
mail, address your feedback to pcp-info@sgi.com.
Senders of e-mail to this address will
automatically (unless you request otherwise) be
added to a distribution list used to provide
notification of new releases, patch availability,
hints, and as a clearinghouse for information
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about third party and freely available extensions
to the Performance Co-Pilot services (e.g. agents
for new domains of performance metrics). This
service is in addition to, and in no way
replaces, the regular channels of communication
and problem resolution between SGI and our
customers.
Note: Packaged with your software is a separate sheet
that contains the Software License Agreement.
This software is provided to you solely under the
terms and conditions of the Software License
Agreement. Please take a few moments to review
the Agreement.
This document contains the following chapters:
1. Introduction
2. Installation Information
3. Changes and Additions
4. Bug Fixes
5. Known Problems and Workarounds
6. Documentation Errors
7. Activating Your Performance Co-Pilot Collector and
Monitor Licenses With FLEXlm
1.1 _R_e_l_e_a_s_e__I_d_e_n_t_i_f_i_c_a_t_i_o_n__I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n
Following is the release identification information for _p_c_p:
Performance Co-Pilot
SSSSooooffffttttwwwwaaaarrrreeee PPPPrrrroooodddduuuucccctttt
2.0
VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn
SC4-PCP-2.0
bundles that include PCP 2.0
PPPPrrrroooodddduuuucccctttt CCCCooooddddeeeessss
IRIX 5.3, 6.2, 6.3,
6.4 or 6.5
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1.2 _O_n_l_i_n_e__R_e_l_e_a_s_e__N_o_t_e_s
After you install the online release notes for a product
(the _r_e_l_n_o_t_e_s subsystem), you can view the release notes on
your screen.
Note: You can read the online release notes for most
products before installing the software. Refer to
the booklet in your CD-ROM case for more information.
If you have a graphics system, select ``Release Notes'' from
the Help submenu of the Toolchest. This displays the
_g_r_e_l_n_o_t_e_s(1) graphical browser for the online release notes.
Refer to the _g_r_e_l_n_o_t_e_s(1) man page for information on
options to this command.
If you do not have a graphics system, you can use the
_r_e_l_n_o_t_e_s command. Refer to the _r_e_l_n_o_t_e_s(1) man page for
accessing the online release notes.
1.3 _P_r_o_d_u_c_t__S_u_p_p_o_r_t
Silicon Graphics, Inc., provides a comprehensive product
support maintenance program for its products.
If you are in the U.S. or Canada and would like support for
your Silicon Graphics-supported products, contact the
Technical Assistance Center at (800)800-4SGI. If you are
outside these areas, contact the Silicon Graphics subsidiary
or authorized distributor in your country.
The Performance Co-Pilot provides services and capabilities
that deliver the information required to execute effective
system performance management strategies. Support from
Silicon Graphics will cover the functionality of the tools,
the application programming interfaces and the distributed
framework for collecting and shipping performance data
within the infrastructure of the Performance Co-Pilot
product. Although the Performance Co-Pilot encourages
extensibility of the available performance metrics and
performance analysis toolkits by site-specific,
application-specific and customer-specific extensions, all
such extensions fall outside the support maintenance
program.
The support maintenance program for the Performance Co-Pilot
does not include analysis of performance information
collected by the Performance Co-Pilot, and in particular
does not include bottleneck identification or tuning advice
based on this system performance information.
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Rather, in the future, Silicon Graphics may offer tailored
Customer Support products that use the Performance Co-Pilot
capabilities to deliver these analytical and diagnostic
services related to system performance.