pm-server

Function

The pm-server command creates a process serving the PM server and displays the view of the PM server created in the process. If there is an existing PM server view, the pm-server command displays the PM server view without creating a process.

The undo pm-server command deletes the created process.

By default, no process serving the PM server is created.

Format

pm-server server-name

undo pm-server server-name

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value
server-name	Specifies the name of the process serving the PM server.	The value is a string of 1 to 31 case-sensitive characters, spaces not supported. The string contains letters, digits, and underscores (_), and must start with letters or digits.

Parameter

Description

Value

server-name

Specifies the name of the process serving the PM server.

The value is a string of 1 to 31 case-sensitive characters, spaces not supported. The string contains letters, digits, and underscores (_), and must start with letters or digits.

Views

Performance management view

Default Level

2: Configuration level

Task Name and Operations

Task Name	Operations
perf-mgr	write

Usage Guidelines

Usage Scenario

To upload generated performance statistics files to the PM server, run the pm-server command to create a process serving the PM server.

Follow-up Procedure

Configure the IP address and port number for the PM server, and user name and password for logging in to the PM server. Performance statistics files are uploaded to the PM server using FTP or SFTP.

Precautions

If a device is enabled to upload performance statistics files to a PM server, the process serving the PM server cannot be deleted.

Example

# Create a process named a to serve the PM server.

<HUAWEI> system-view
[~HUAWEI] pm
[~HUAWEI-pm] pm-server a
[*HUAWEI-pm-server-a]