How To Install pcp-pmda-infiniband on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-infiniband on CentOS 8.
What is pcp-pmda-infiniband
This package contains the PCP Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting Infiniband statistics. By default, it monitors the local HCAs but can also be configured to monitor remote GUIDs such as IB switches.
We can use yum or dnf to install pcp-pmda-infiniband on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcp-pmda-infiniband.
Install pcp-pmda-infiniband on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install pcp-pmda-infiniband using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-infiniband
Install pcp-pmda-infiniband on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install pcp-pmda-infiniband using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-infiniband
How To Uninstall pcp-pmda-infiniband on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the pcp-pmda-infiniband package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-infiniband
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-infiniband on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.