RHBA-2014:1199 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated sysstat packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

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 packages 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#804890,
BZ#885571)

• Previously, the "sar -dp" command did not translate device-mapper device

names. As a consequence, block devices under device-mapper were listed as
"nodev" instead of their proper names. The underlying source has been modified
to fix this bug and the devices are now displayed with the proper names as
expected. (BZ#837238)

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

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 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 - 804890 - [rhel5]: sar can not show correct name for virtio devices.

CVEs

(none)

References

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