Synopsis

sysstat bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated sysstat package that provides several bug fixes and adds an
enhancement is now available.

Description

The sysstat package provides the sar and iostat commands. These commands enable
system monitoring of disk, network, and other I/O activity.

This updated sysstat package provide fixes for the following bugs:

• sar data set the maximum number of days in log files too high, which appended
  data from the previous month to the next one instead of replacing it. This
  updated package resolves this issue and sets the maximum to 25 days. (BZ#609819)
  
• sysstat's programs such as mpstat wrongly interpreted the /proc data and
  showed information about one fictive cpu. This update resolves this issue and
  these fictive data are not displayed anymore. (BZ#609821)
  
• the "sar -d " command used to output invalid data. This issue is resolved and
  the updated package recognizes disk reregistration and disk statistic overflow
  better. Now, only relevant data is displayed. (BZ#609824)
  
• on ia64 machines, the output of sar -I ALL/XALL wrongly showed information
  about interruptions. This issue is resolved and the updated package does not use
  sar -I for this type of architecture. (BZ#609826)
  
• iostat -n used invalid data to create the statistic. The updated package
  resolves this issue and the data source is now changed. Additionally, one new
  column has been added. (BZ#609991)
  
• though function write() executed successful, the return value wasn't equal to
  the supposed write size. So, p_write_error() ran and the following message
  appeared: "Cannot write data to system activity file: Success". In this updated
  package, the sadc utility successfully writes the remaining input, thus
  resolving this issue. (BZ#609994)
  

All sysstat users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves
these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 609819 - March sar data was appended to February data
• BZ - 609821 - The sysstat's programs such as mpstat shows one extra cpu.
• BZ - 609824 - The 'sar -d ' command outputs invalid data
• BZ - 609826 - [5.1] The output of sar -I ALL/XALL is wrong in ia64 machine of RHEL5.
• BZ - 609991 - iostat -n enhancement not report NFS client stats correctly
• BZ - 609994 - [RHEL5] Though function write() executed sucessful, sadc end with an error.

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: c36899278abbf8d71c1608ae246df0d180fea056d5fe62eeeb8b72aa3593bd38
x86_64
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 51280a9a8d8549b4301dbda14abbe912568dbb3d2f34a01d8372113943d86532
ia64
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: a557c65b866219aa4573e9f0f1392cd89ed7bf893a03303ffe4ee38d1e771c79
i386
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: eae5d29fdabc7a8c423f6df11f31f11bfe4ac802375729eb73fa02eb2e414934

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: c36899278abbf8d71c1608ae246df0d180fea056d5fe62eeeb8b72aa3593bd38
x86_64
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 51280a9a8d8549b4301dbda14abbe912568dbb3d2f34a01d8372113943d86532
i386
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: eae5d29fdabc7a8c423f6df11f31f11bfe4ac802375729eb73fa02eb2e414934

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: c36899278abbf8d71c1608ae246df0d180fea056d5fe62eeeb8b72aa3593bd38
x86_64
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 51280a9a8d8549b4301dbda14abbe912568dbb3d2f34a01d8372113943d86532
i386
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: eae5d29fdabc7a8c423f6df11f31f11bfe4ac802375729eb73fa02eb2e414934

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: c36899278abbf8d71c1608ae246df0d180fea056d5fe62eeeb8b72aa3593bd38
s390x
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 33742fc97c89d9fd339c029ba83ed8ed2047a405587a251469ea7de0157038ac

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: c36899278abbf8d71c1608ae246df0d180fea056d5fe62eeeb8b72aa3593bd38
ppc
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: d296aaba93d5e116a77c116b28dc0ff8a90dbbd0d110737aba9c75faf939b436

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: c36899278abbf8d71c1608ae246df0d180fea056d5fe62eeeb8b72aa3593bd38
x86_64
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 51280a9a8d8549b4301dbda14abbe912568dbb3d2f34a01d8372113943d86532
i386
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: eae5d29fdabc7a8c423f6df11f31f11bfe4ac802375729eb73fa02eb2e414934