About Command Center Greenplum Command Center is a management tool for the Greenplum Big Data Platform. Greenplum Command Center monitors system performance metrics, system health, and also provides administrators the ability to perform management tasks such as start, stop, and recovery of systems in a Greenplum environment. The Greenplum Command Center Console is an interactive graphical web application that can optionally be installed on a web server on the master host, and used to view and interact with the collected Command Center data. Greenplum Command Center is comprised of data collection agents that run on the master host and each segment host (either Greenplum Hadoop or Greenplum Database hosts). The agents collect data about queries and system utilization and send it to the Greenplum master host at regular intervals. Greenplum Command Center stores its data and metrics in a dedicated Greenplum database (the Command Center database) whose information is distributed among the master host and segment hosts, like any other Greenplum Database. The data stored in the Greenplum Command Center database can be accessed through the Greenplum Command Center Console or through SQL queries. Note: Because Command Center stores its information in a Greenplum database, Greenplum Database is a requirement for running Command Center.
Greenplum Command Center Agents Command Center can be enabled or disabled using the gp_enable_gpperfmon server configuration parameter. Once enabled, the Greenplum Command Center data collection agents run on all Greenplum hosts (master and segments), and are started and stopped along with the Greenplum Database server processes. The master agent polls all segment agents for system metrics and other data at a configurable interval (known as the quantum). The master agent pulls together the data from all segments, stores it in flat files, and periodically commits the data in the files to the Greenplum Command Center database. Greenplum Command Center Database The Greenplum Command Center database (gpperfmon) is a database within your Greenplum system dedicated to storing and serving performance data. Your Greenplum installation includes setup scripts to install the gpperfmon database. Greenplum administrators can connect to the Command Center database using client programs such as psql or application programming interfaces (APIs) such as JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) and ODBC (Open Database Connectivity). Administrators can also use the Greenplum Command Center Console to view reports on current and historical performance and perform other managment tasks. The Command Center database consists of three sets of tables; now tables store data on current system metrics such as active queries, history tables store data on historical metrics, and tail tables are for data in transition. Tail tables are for internal use only and should not be queried by users. The now and tail data are stored as text files on the master host file system, and accessed by the Command Center database via external tables. The history tables are regular database tables stored within the Command Center (gpperfmon) database. Greenplum Command Center Console Greenplum Command Center provides a graphical console for viewing performance metrics and performing other database administrative tasks. This browser-based application provides the following functionality: 1. Database administrative Controls
2. An interactive View of System Metrics
3. An Interactive View of System Health
4. Database Query Monitoring
5. Database Workload Management
If you have multiple Greenplum environments, you can create separate Command Center instances for them. Each separate console instance operates on a unique port and has its own unique configuration options. The Greenplum Command Center Console queries the Command Center database through a web service framework composed of a lightweight lighttpd web server and Python-based middleware. The lighttpd server is an open-source web server with a low memory footprint and light CPU load. For more information, see http://www.lighttpd.net/. The console setup utility sets up the lighttpd web server and web service, prompting you for basic configuration information on the desired port and SSL options. Under normal conditions, the web server and web service API require minimal maintenance and administration. Limitations The table below displays the limitations of Greenplum Command Center 1.2 when using a Greenplum Database other than 4.2.1 Greenplum Command Center 1.2 limitations by Greenplum Database
Table 4 Greenplum Command Center 1.2 Documentation Title Part Number Revision Greenplum Command Center 1.2 Administrator Guide 300-012-844 A01 Greenplum Command Center 1.2.0.1 Release Notes 300-013-xxx A01 See also Administering Command Center Command Center Utility Reference Command Center Configuration File Reference Command Center Database Reference Command Center FAQ |
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