Chapter 19. Installation and Configuration

PerfExplorer uses PerfDMF databases so if you have not already you will need to install PerfDMF, see Chapter 7, Introduction. To configure PerfExplorer move to the tools/src/PerfExplorer/ directory in you TAU distribution. Type:

 %>./configure

If you haven't already done so for other TAU tools, add [path to tau]/tau2/apple/bin to your path.

The following command-line options are available to configure:

19.1. Available configuration options

  • -engine=<analysis engine>

    Specifies the data-mining engine to use. The supported options include weka and R.

  • -rroot=<directory>

    Specifies the directory where R is installed. Specifically, it should be the directory where the bin, include, lib, library and share directories are located.

  • -objectport=<available network port>

    Specifies the port that the PerfExplorer server should use, when running PerfExplorer in client-server mode. Select an available network port, and make sure that other appropriate network configurations are made (firewalls, etc.). The default port is 9999.

  • -registryport=<available network port>

    Specifies the port that the rmiregistry should use, when ruining PerfExplorer in client-server mode. Select an available network port, and make sure that other appropriate network configurations are made (firewalls, etc.). The default port is 1099.

  • -server=<server name>

    Specifies the fully qualified domain name of the server where PerfExplorer is run, when running PerfExplorer in client-server mode.