Bug Fix Advisory sysstat bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2007:0350-2
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2007-05-16
Last updated on: 2007-05-16
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated sysstat packages that address a sar bug are now available.

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

This update applies the following fix:

* CPU utilization statistics are now correctly reported when the counter used
for utilization overflows. The previous version displayed the wrong value
when overflow happened.

All users of sysstat should upgrade to these updated packages, which apply
these fixes.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    ca5c5344295142637693abc1ec33c336
 
IA-32:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    db6c720b9a1b86595834f23f8d9d7e07
 
x86_64:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    5a134fc7939fe8f7eb1417e6806c963d
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    ca5c5344295142637693abc1ec33c336
 
IA-32:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    db6c720b9a1b86595834f23f8d9d7e07
 
IA-64:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    ebb38597ffb63f73a23300242a53751d
 
PPC:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    5d07adf6db4c55b8f8a61495b1339a7f
 
s390:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    0e253bad5b20124982658b1d17230e5d
 
s390x:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    58ed4e584eba16efec0b1124df7c340d
 
x86_64:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    5a134fc7939fe8f7eb1417e6806c963d
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    ca5c5344295142637693abc1ec33c336
 
IA-32:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    db6c720b9a1b86595834f23f8d9d7e07
 
IA-64:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    ebb38597ffb63f73a23300242a53751d
 
x86_64:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    5a134fc7939fe8f7eb1417e6806c963d
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    ca5c5344295142637693abc1ec33c336
 
IA-32:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    db6c720b9a1b86595834f23f8d9d7e07
 
IA-64:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    ebb38597ffb63f73a23300242a53751d
 
x86_64:
sysstat-5.0.5-15.0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0666
    5a134fc7939fe8f7eb1417e6806c963d
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Keywords

sadc, sar


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