PCP Glider is a binary distribution of PCP for the Windows (Win32) operating system. It includes a bundled compiler, Perl runtime (and pre-installed modules that offer the ability to install XS CPAN modules directly from CPAN), a POSIX shell environment and the Performance Co-Pilot toolkit.
The purpose of the Glider package is to provide a practical Win32 environment for performance engineers experienced with either the POSIX platform or the Win32 environment to run the Performance Co-Pilot toolkit on Windows. It provides both the PCP monitor and collector components.
Installation is as simple as:
C:\> msiexec /i pcp-glider-*.msi
C:\> cd \Glider\scripts
C:\> .\postinst.bat
PCP Glider includes: