Synopsis

sysstat bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated sysstat packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The sysstat packages provide a set of utilities which enable system monitoring
of disks, network, and other I/O activity.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the sysstat package did not support dynamically attributed major
  device numbers. Consequently, devices with these numbers were not listed in sar
  reports under their real names. With this update, support for dynamically
  attributed major device numbers has been added to sysstat. As a result, all
  devices now appear with their correct names in sar reports. (BZ#804534)
  
• The sysstat utility employs cron services to schedule monitoring tasks rather
  then using a dedicated daemon. After executing the "service sysstat start"
  command, sysstat marks the time of the counter reset and than it shuts down.
  Prior to this update, the "service sysstat status" command returned the "0" exit
  code, which gave the impression that sysstat is running constantly. With this
  update, the exit code has been changed to "3", which correctly reflects the
  behavior of sysstat and is compliant with LSB standard. (BZ#820992)
  
• A previous sysstat update changed binary data files in a backward incompatible
  way, but the version number of these binary data files remained the same.
  Consequently, using a later sysstat version to read binary data files created by
  an earlier version of sysstat could have produced invalid results. The version
  number of sysstat binary data files has been updated, thus fixing this bug. As a
  result, the current sysstat version will not read binary data files created by
  previous versions. For more information, please refer to the description of the
  "--legacy" option in the sar(1) manual page. (BZ#967386)
  
• Prior to this update, the umask command was executed too late in the sa1
  script. Under certain circumstances, this could have caused incorrect file
  permissions of newly created files. With this update, executing umask has been
  moved to the appropriate place in the sa1 script. As a result, newly created
  files have correct permissions. (BZ#996134)
  

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

• Kernel device names, such as sda or sdb, might point at different devices
  every boot. To prevent possible confusion, support for persistent device names
  has been added to the iostat and sar programs. Persistent names can be enabled
  with the new "-j" command-line option for both iostat and sar. (BZ#826399)
  (BZ#826403)
  
• The sysstat package has been modified to store the collected statistics
  longer. The original period of 7 days has been extended to 28 days, thus
  allowing for better analysis of more complex performance issues. (BZ#838914)
  
• With this update, a new "-y" option has been added to the iostat program. This
  option allows to skip first "since boot" statistics in the report, so there is
  no longer need to post-process the iostat output in this matter. (BZ#850810)
  

Users of sysstat are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add these enhancements.

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
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 820992 - init scripts failure
• BZ - 850810 - [RFE] add iostat option to report interval statistics in first report

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 2fc41acaae33dd4beaee86773c274ce1995e1e4e72ba3c8df3d46dfc79d49444
x86_64
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ba16c68e21f5ce2122631af1b9c8f65d3729c31c2a2d0c15c6c142bae6535fd8
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-22.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7b31413eb1ba69d319470d9911276f0a3c5870b19b361457a45da879e1990cc7
i386
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 0d8ce47034cd4337f4df353dace6b85b1484cc612928e9f2713ba63b0f024c9a
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-22.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 4dcff339b97cab9d4df0e082a360c06802d840e0bd57c20fd2795785b16ec140

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 2fc41acaae33dd4beaee86773c274ce1995e1e4e72ba3c8df3d46dfc79d49444
x86_64
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ba16c68e21f5ce2122631af1b9c8f65d3729c31c2a2d0c15c6c142bae6535fd8
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-22.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7b31413eb1ba69d319470d9911276f0a3c5870b19b361457a45da879e1990cc7
i386
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 0d8ce47034cd4337f4df353dace6b85b1484cc612928e9f2713ba63b0f024c9a
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-22.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 4dcff339b97cab9d4df0e082a360c06802d840e0bd57c20fd2795785b16ec140

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 2fc41acaae33dd4beaee86773c274ce1995e1e4e72ba3c8df3d46dfc79d49444
x86_64
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ba16c68e21f5ce2122631af1b9c8f65d3729c31c2a2d0c15c6c142bae6535fd8
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-22.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7b31413eb1ba69d319470d9911276f0a3c5870b19b361457a45da879e1990cc7
i386
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 0d8ce47034cd4337f4df353dace6b85b1484cc612928e9f2713ba63b0f024c9a
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-22.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 4dcff339b97cab9d4df0e082a360c06802d840e0bd57c20fd2795785b16ec140

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 2fc41acaae33dd4beaee86773c274ce1995e1e4e72ba3c8df3d46dfc79d49444
s390x
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 83f83aa662700eefe22422fd4aea43b66c9d9a0dbacbb43d838d9e11dbb7681e
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-22.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 6e114660137ee933d4dd3a7cb3da824e1e86d19a5e03a1da8ff20aa8f6f1df64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 2fc41acaae33dd4beaee86773c274ce1995e1e4e72ba3c8df3d46dfc79d49444
ppc64
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 164edbeab44e721dbe6d5f4184b458d7f1f06ba95852afafd6fb683f17b4211e
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-22.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 0661f7cf595541a3403a7c746ace97aa51ef7c98378680896bdd09e4217fdb8d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 2fc41acaae33dd4beaee86773c274ce1995e1e4e72ba3c8df3d46dfc79d49444
x86_64
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ba16c68e21f5ce2122631af1b9c8f65d3729c31c2a2d0c15c6c142bae6535fd8
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-22.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7b31413eb1ba69d319470d9911276f0a3c5870b19b361457a45da879e1990cc7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 2fc41acaae33dd4beaee86773c274ce1995e1e4e72ba3c8df3d46dfc79d49444
x86_64
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ba16c68e21f5ce2122631af1b9c8f65d3729c31c2a2d0c15c6c142bae6535fd8
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-22.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7b31413eb1ba69d319470d9911276f0a3c5870b19b361457a45da879e1990cc7
i386
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 0d8ce47034cd4337f4df353dace6b85b1484cc612928e9f2713ba63b0f024c9a
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-22.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 4dcff339b97cab9d4df0e082a360c06802d840e0bd57c20fd2795785b16ec140