kcmond(1M)                                                       kcmond(1M)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      kcmond - EMS Kernel Tunable Monitor daemon


 SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
        kcmond


 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      The kcmond daemon monitors the consumption of kernel resources. It is
      an Event Monitoring Services (EMS - see ems(5)) monitor. The data
      collected by kcusage can be displayed by kcusage(1M).

      kcmond includes a resource dictionary file
      (/etc/opt/resmon/dictionary/kcmond_01.dict) which is used by EMS to
      identify resources for monitoring.

      Users can control the monitoring of each kernel tunable by setting a
      percentage value for the consumption of that resource. For example, if
      the user sets a value of 75 for nproc, the Kernel Tunable Monitor will
      report an event when the number of processes reaches 75% of the nproc
      setting.

      The kcalarm(1M) command is used to add, modify and delete kernel
      tunable alarms. The kcusage(1M) command is used to view data collected
      by kcmond. The kcweb(1M) command provides a Web-based, graphical user
      interface to control alarms and view usage data, including graphs of
      the usage data.

      kcmond is a light weight daemon that will exit after being idle for
      ten minutes.

 SUPPORTED PARAMETERS    [Toc]    [Back]
      For a complete list of the kernel tunables that can be monitored with
      this daemon, see the kcusage(1M) manpage.

 DEPENDENCIES    [Toc]    [Back]
      kcmond must be run by the registrar process of the Event Monitoring
      Service (EMS) and is not designed to be run from the command line.

 AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]
      kcmond was developed by Hewlett-Packard.

 FILES    [Toc]    [Back]
      /usr/lbin/kcmond              Executable.

      /etc/opt/resmon/dictionary/kcmond_01.dict
                                    The resource dictionary for kcmond,
                                    describes the location (e.g.
                                    /system/kernel_tunables/nproc) of kernel
                                    tunables in the resource hierarchy and



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 kcmond(1M)                                                       kcmond(1M)




                                    references kcmond as the resource
                                    monitor.

      /etc/opt/resmon/log/api.log   Log file for the entire Resource Monitor
                                    Framework, including kcmond. Any errors
                                    are logged here.


 SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
      kcalarm(1M), ems(5), kcusage(1M)


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