pmbrand(1)

NAME
     pmbrand - brand Performance Co-Pilot licenses

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/pcp/bin/pmbrand [-lqv]

DESCRIPTION
     pmbrand manages the ``branded'' file of valid Performance Co-Pilot (PCP)
     licenses.

     By default, pmbrand silently updates the branded file to reflect the
     local system identification and those PCP licenses that are currently
     valid.  The -l option causes some verbose output describing the
     information that will be branded.

     The -q option reports the current state of the valid PCP licenses on the
     local system, without accessing or modifying the branded file.

     Alternatively, the -v option does not modify the branded file, but
     verifies the state of the file, and exits with a status of zero if it is
     valid and up to date, else the exit status is greater than zero.

     The branded file is used to select appropriate default behavior when
     loading a Performance Metrics Name Space (PMNS) using pmLoadNameSpace(3).

FILES
     /var/pcp/pmns/Brand     the ``branded'' file of valid PCP licenses

SEE ALSO
     PCPIntro(1) and pmLoadNameSpace(3)

DIAGNOSTICS
     Various messages indicate non-recoverable failures.  In all cases, the
     branded file will be created or modified.  This may necessitate
     correcting the problem and re-running pmbrand before PCP applications,
     and in particular calls to pmLoadNameSpace(3), will work correctly.