Issued:
2016-05-10
Updated:
2016-05-10

RHBA-2016:0790 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

sysstat bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for sysstat is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

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

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Users of sysstat are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

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

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 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
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 887231 - [abrt] sysstat-9.0.4-20.el6: Process /usr/bin/sar was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
  • BZ - 1185057 - [RFE] update/backport the w_await and r_await statistics in iostat (added in sysstat 9.1.2)
  • BZ - 1308862 - iostat -N doesn't show the full device name if it's longer than 72 characters

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 7ef1a470a012bd215ddd9821d5a5af710b70f916d7b0c71b16d333bc1c596572
x86_64
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 598c4d386716bd214d20299b76b9385965726046e47c6a400ab2f0d29f838c52
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 60384f5d52fa1b1997c96c65b9e5e3a5173c70b9bc944a43b957ff8e5c419731
i386
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: dde517325abf89decd8c7e8b132a4873ac2dd3fe7ff9f3a7611740c7450f0823
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-31.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9b9f1a3e9a7c852620cf9ffe567d1bc997e051aeb22476bcbe91e335fd8ab470

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 7ef1a470a012bd215ddd9821d5a5af710b70f916d7b0c71b16d333bc1c596572
x86_64
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 598c4d386716bd214d20299b76b9385965726046e47c6a400ab2f0d29f838c52
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 60384f5d52fa1b1997c96c65b9e5e3a5173c70b9bc944a43b957ff8e5c419731
i386
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: dde517325abf89decd8c7e8b132a4873ac2dd3fe7ff9f3a7611740c7450f0823
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-31.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9b9f1a3e9a7c852620cf9ffe567d1bc997e051aeb22476bcbe91e335fd8ab470

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 7ef1a470a012bd215ddd9821d5a5af710b70f916d7b0c71b16d333bc1c596572
x86_64
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 598c4d386716bd214d20299b76b9385965726046e47c6a400ab2f0d29f838c52
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 60384f5d52fa1b1997c96c65b9e5e3a5173c70b9bc944a43b957ff8e5c419731
i386
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: dde517325abf89decd8c7e8b132a4873ac2dd3fe7ff9f3a7611740c7450f0823
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-31.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9b9f1a3e9a7c852620cf9ffe567d1bc997e051aeb22476bcbe91e335fd8ab470

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 7ef1a470a012bd215ddd9821d5a5af710b70f916d7b0c71b16d333bc1c596572
x86_64
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 598c4d386716bd214d20299b76b9385965726046e47c6a400ab2f0d29f838c52
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 60384f5d52fa1b1997c96c65b9e5e3a5173c70b9bc944a43b957ff8e5c419731
i386
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: dde517325abf89decd8c7e8b132a4873ac2dd3fe7ff9f3a7611740c7450f0823
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-31.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9b9f1a3e9a7c852620cf9ffe567d1bc997e051aeb22476bcbe91e335fd8ab470

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 7ef1a470a012bd215ddd9821d5a5af710b70f916d7b0c71b16d333bc1c596572
s390x
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0c53d986027d76ca849e0eaa179b7ae0a179248d2c0ab98dcc7972e9d7e510b6
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-31.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7da7587c0c8fe4f63c7e818dc10d7034bb1a86e2d55ebf0f70cdea53396b52ae

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 7ef1a470a012bd215ddd9821d5a5af710b70f916d7b0c71b16d333bc1c596572
ppc64
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: db749b18e9a08e55df494e8fccbb34fa565f01863b42117a1dc297f23368781a
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-31.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 6bf71ad53238f192f2ce7531f53db8d74fd9a3191b8506636811c5578cd84a84

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 7ef1a470a012bd215ddd9821d5a5af710b70f916d7b0c71b16d333bc1c596572
x86_64
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 598c4d386716bd214d20299b76b9385965726046e47c6a400ab2f0d29f838c52
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 60384f5d52fa1b1997c96c65b9e5e3a5173c70b9bc944a43b957ff8e5c419731

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 7ef1a470a012bd215ddd9821d5a5af710b70f916d7b0c71b16d333bc1c596572
x86_64
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 598c4d386716bd214d20299b76b9385965726046e47c6a400ab2f0d29f838c52
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 60384f5d52fa1b1997c96c65b9e5e3a5173c70b9bc944a43b957ff8e5c419731
i386
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: dde517325abf89decd8c7e8b132a4873ac2dd3fe7ff9f3a7611740c7450f0823
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-31.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9b9f1a3e9a7c852620cf9ffe567d1bc997e051aeb22476bcbe91e335fd8ab470

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 7ef1a470a012bd215ddd9821d5a5af710b70f916d7b0c71b16d333bc1c596572
s390x
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0c53d986027d76ca849e0eaa179b7ae0a179248d2c0ab98dcc7972e9d7e510b6
sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-31.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7da7587c0c8fe4f63c7e818dc10d7034bb1a86e2d55ebf0f70cdea53396b52ae

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