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PMSTORE(3) Library Functions Manual PMSTORE(3)
NAME top
**pmStore**, **pmStoreHighRes** - modify values of performance metricsC SYNOPSIS top
**#include <pcp/pmapi.h>**
**int pmStore(const pmResult ***_result_**);**
**int pmStoreHighRes(const pmHighResResult ***_result_**);**
**cc ... -lpcp**DESCRIPTION top
In some special cases it may be helpful to modify the current
values of performance metrics, e.g. to reset a counter to zero, or
to modify a ``metric'' which is a control variable for some agent
collecting performance metrics.
The routines **pmStore** and **pmStoreHighRes** are lightweight inverses
of [pmFetch(3)](../man3/pmFetch.3.html) and [pmFetchHighRes(3)](../man3/pmFetchHighRes.3.html) respectively.
The caller must build the _result_ data structure (of course, this
could have been returned from an earlier [pmFetch(3)](../man3/pmFetch.3.html) or
[pmFetchHighRes(3)](../man3/pmFetchHighRes.3.html) call).
It is an error to pass a _result_ to **pmStore** or **pmStoreHighRes** in
which the _numval_ field within any of the **pmValueSet** structures has
a value less than one.
The current Performance Metrics Application Programming Interface
(PMAPI) context must be one with a host as the source of metrics,
and the current value of the nominated metrics will be changed,
i.e. **pmStore** and **pmStoreHighRes** cannot be used to make
retrospective changes to information in either the archives, or in
the recent past for real-time sources of metrics.
The return code from **pmStore** and **pmStoreHighRes** is zero for
success.DIAGNOSTICS top
**PM_ERR_GENERIC**
At least one of the modifications was rejected. No other
status is available from below the PMAPI (this is the
lightweight part of the functionality!). In cases where
the outcome of storing into individual metrics is
important, the caller should make one call to either
**pmStore** or **pmStoreHighRes** for each metric. On the other
hand, a bulk modification can be performed in a single call
for situations in which the outcome is not critical.
**PM_ERR_NOTHOST**
The current PMAPI context is an archive rather than a host,
or it is a host that is not set to the current time, i.e.
has been ``rewound'' to the recent past using [pmSetMode(3)](../man3/pmSetMode.3.html)
or [pmSetModeHighRes(3)](../man3/pmSetModeHighRes.3.html).
**PM_ERR_TOOSMALL**
The number of metrics specified in _result_ is less than one.
**PM_ERR_VALUE**
One or more of the _pmValueSet_s in _result_ has a _numval_ field
with a value less than one.SEE ALSO top
[PMAPI(3)](../man3/PMAPI.3.html), [pmFetch(3)](../man3/pmFetch.3.html), [pmFetchHighRes(3)](../man3/pmFetchHighRes.3.html), [pmSetModeHighRes(3)](../man3/pmSetModeHighRes.3.html) and
[pmSetMode(3)](../man3/pmSetMode.3.html).COLOPHON top
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