How To Install vm-dump-metrics on CentOS 8

vm-dump-metrics is Virtualization host metrics dump Virtualization host metrics dump

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vm-dump-metrics on CentOS 8.

What is `vm-dump-metrics`

Executable to dump all available virtualization host metrics to stdout or a file. vm-dump-metrics 1.1 5.el8 x86_64 36 k vhostmd-1.1-5.el8.src.rpm baseos Virtualization host metrics dump https GPLv2+ Executable to dump all available virtualization host metrics to stdout or a file.

We can use yum or dnf to install vm-dump-metrics on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vm-dump-metrics.

Install vm-dump-metrics on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install vm-dump-metrics using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vm-dump-metrics

Install vm-dump-metrics on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install vm-dump-metrics using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vm-dump-metrics

How To Uninstall vm-dump-metrics on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the vm-dump-metrics package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vm-dump-metrics

vm-dump-metrics Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/8952b49604fc082e4c04e5ba8a278b8ba900bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/201a0a04ef7a53f1a701eee80a1e939de941fa
/usr/lib64/libmetrics.so.0
/usr/lib64/libmetrics.so.0.0.0
/usr/sbin/vm-dump-metrics
/usr/share/doc/vm-dump-metrics
/usr/share/doc/vm-dump-metrics/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/vm-dump-metrics.1.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/a897052d5108c0548cc6c9d056d894adee36cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/81e71a8109844562a569157fc4503de6536e5c
/usr/lib/libmetrics.so.0
/usr/lib/libmetrics.so.0.0.0
/usr/sbin/vm-dump-metrics
/usr/share/doc/vm-dump-metrics
/usr/share/doc/vm-dump-metrics/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/vm-dump-metrics.1.gz

References

[vm-dump-metrics website](https://github.com/vhostmd/vhostmd https://github.com/vhostmd/vhostmd)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vm-dump-metrics on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.