pcp command fails with an error "Cannot connect to PMCD on host "local:"

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • After installing the pcp-zeroconf package, the pcp command fails with the following error message:
# pcp
pcp-summary: Cannot connect to PMCD on host "local:": Connection refused

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • pcp-zeroconf-6.3.2-5.el10.x86_64

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