How To Install pcp-pmda-vmware on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-vmware on Rocky Linux 8.

What is pcp-pmda-vmware

This package contains the PCP Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting metrics for VMware.

We can use yum or dnf to install pcp-pmda-vmware on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcp-pmda-vmware.

Install pcp-pmda-vmware on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pcp-pmda-vmware using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-vmware

Install pcp-pmda-vmware on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pcp-pmda-vmware using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-vmware

How To Uninstall pcp-pmda-vmware on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pcp-pmda-vmware package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-vmware

pcp-pmda-vmware Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/vmware
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/vmware/Install
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/vmware/Remove
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/vmware/pmdavmware.pl
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/vmware
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/vmware/Install
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/vmware/Remove
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/vmware/pmdavmware.pl

References

• pcp-pmda-vmware website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-vmware on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.