2 Installing and Starting PCP

Install the pcp package, and supplementary tools, on Oracle Linux 9.

  1. Install the pcp, pcp-system-tools, and pcp-gui packages by using the dnf command:
    sudo dnf install pcp pcp-system-tools pcp-gui
  2. Enable and start the Performance Metrics Collector Daemon (pmcd) and Performance Metrics Logger (pmlogger) collector host services:
    sudo systemctl enable --now pmcd pmlogger
The pcp package and supplementary tools are installed. The pmcd and pmlogger are also running.