| 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY sysstat-download-http "http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sebastien.godard/sysstat-&sysstat-version;.tar.xz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY sysstat-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY sysstat-md5sum "85635dedac6802104a5737195d4effee">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY sysstat-size "284 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY sysstat-buildsize "6.4 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY sysstat-time "0.1 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="sysstat" xreflabel="Sysstat-&sysstat-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="sysstat.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>Sysstat-&sysstat-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="sysstat">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-Sysstat">Sysstat</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to Sysstat</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The <application>Sysstat</application> package contains utilities
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| 33 | to monitor system performance and usage activity.
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| 34 | <application>Sysstat</application> contains the <command>sar</command>
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| 35 | utility, common to many commercial Unixes, and tools you can schedule via
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| 36 | cron to collect and historize performance and activity data.</para>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | &lfs75_checked;
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 41 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&sysstat-download-http;"/></para>
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| 44 | </listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&sysstat-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &sysstat-md5sum;</para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Download size: &sysstat-size;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &sysstat-buildsize;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Estimated build time: &sysstat-time;</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | </itemizedlist>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Sysstat Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <para>There are no build-time requirements for this package; however,
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| 65 | it is designed to be controlled by a cron daemon such as
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| 66 | <xref linkend="fcron"/>.</para>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 69 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/sysstat"/></para>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | </sect2>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 74 | <title>Installation of Sysstat</title>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <para>Install <application>Sysstat</application> by running the
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| 77 | following commands:</para>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <screen><userinput>sa_lib_dir=/usr/lib/sa \
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| 80 | sa_dir=/var/log/sa \
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| 81 | conf_dir=/etc/sysconfig \
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| 82 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 83 | --disable-man-group &&
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| 84 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <para>
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| 93 | Install the systemd unit by running the following command as the
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| 94 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 95 | </para>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 sysstat.service /lib/systemd/system/sysstat.service</userinput></screen>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | </sect2>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 102 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <para><envar>sa_lib_dir</envar>: This environment variable specifies the
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| 105 | location of the package-specific library directory.</para>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <para><envar>sa_dir</envar>: This environment variable specifies the
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| 108 | location of the directory containing the data files.</para>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <para><envar>conf_dir</envar>: This environment variable specifies the
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| 111 | location of the system configuration directory.</para>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <para><parameter>--disable-man-group</parameter>: This parameter causes
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| 114 | the installation to ignore the man group variable resulting in the man
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| 115 | files having
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| 116 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:<systemitem class="groupname">root</systemitem>
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| 117 | ownership.</para>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <note><para>Run <command>./configure --help</command> to see other influential
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| 120 | environment variables you can pass to <command>configure</command>. You may
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| 121 | want to use the <envar>history</envar> and <envar>compressafter</envar>
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| 122 | variables to customize the amount of data files kept on the system.</para></note>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | </sect2>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 127 | <title>Configuring Sysstat</title>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <sect3 id="sysstat-config">
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| 130 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <para>
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| 133 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/sysstat</filename> and
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| 134 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/sysstat.ioconf</filename>
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| 135 | </para>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <indexterm zone="sysstat sysstat-config">
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| 138 | <primary sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-sysstat">/etc/sysconfig/sysstat</primary>
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| 139 | </indexterm>
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| 140 | <indexterm zone="sysstat sysstat-config">
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| 141 | <primary sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-sysstat.ioconf">/etc/sysconfig/sysstat.ioconf</primary>
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| 142 | </indexterm>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | </sect3>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <sect3>
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| 147 | <title>Cron Information</title>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <para>To begin gathering <application>Sysstat</application> history
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| 150 | information, you must add to, or create a privileged user's crontab. The
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| 151 | history data location is
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| 152 | <filename class="directory">/var/log/sa</filename>. The user running
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| 153 | <application>Sysstat</application> utilities via cron must have write
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| 154 | access to this location.</para>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <para>Below is an example of what to install in the crontab. Adjust the
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| 157 | parameters to suit your needs. Use <command>man sa1</command> and
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| 158 | <command>man sa2</command> for information about the commands.</para>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <screen><literal># 8am-7pm activity reports every 10 minutes during weekdays
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| 161 | 0 8-18 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 600 6 &
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| 162 |
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| 163 | # 7pm-8am activity reports every hour during weekdays
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| 164 | 0 19-7 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 &
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| 165 |
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| 166 | # Activity reports every hour on Saturday and Sunday
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| 167 | 0 * * * 0,6 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 &
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| 168 |
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| 169 | # Daily summary prepared at 19:05
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| 170 | 5 19 * * * /usr/lib/sa/sa2 -A &</literal></screen>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <para>Ensure you submit the revised crontab to the cron daemon.</para>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | </sect3>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <sect3 id="sysstat-init">
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| 177 | <title>System Startup Information</title>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <indexterm zone="sysstat sysstat-init">
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| 180 | <primary sortas="f-sysstat">sysstat</primary>
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| 181 | </indexterm>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <para>At system startup, a LINUX RESTART message must be inserted in the
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| 184 | daily data file to reinitialize the kernel counters. This can be
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| 185 | automated by enabling the previously installed systemd unit
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| 186 | by running the following command as the
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| 187 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <screen role="root"><userinput>systemctl enable sysstat</userinput></screen>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | </sect3>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | </sect2>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 196 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <segmentedlist>
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| 199 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 200 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 201 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <seglistitem>
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| 204 | <seg>cifsiostat, iostat, mpstat, nfsiostat-sysstat, pidstat, sadf,
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| 205 | and sar</seg>
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| 206 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 207 | <seg>/usr/lib/sa,
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| 208 | /usr/share/doc/sysstat-&sysstat-version; and,
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| 209 | /var/log/sa
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| 210 | </seg>
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| 211 | </seglistitem>
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| 212 | </segmentedlist>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | <variablelist>
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| 215 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 216 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 217 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <varlistentry id="cifsiostat">
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| 220 | <term><command>cifsiostat</command></term>
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| 221 | <listitem>
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| 222 | <para>displays statistics about read and write operations on CIFS
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| 223 | filesystems.</para>
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| 224 | <indexterm zone="sysstat cifsiostat">
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| 225 | <primary sortas="b-cifsiostat">cifsiostat</primary>
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| 226 | </indexterm>
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| 227 | </listitem>
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| 228 | </varlistentry>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <varlistentry id="iostat">
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| 231 | <term><command>iostat</command></term>
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| 232 | <listitem>
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| 233 | <para>reports CPU statistics and input/output
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| 234 | statistics for devices and partitions.</para>
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| 235 | <indexterm zone="sysstat iostat">
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| 236 | <primary sortas="b-iostat">iostat</primary>
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| 237 | </indexterm>
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| 238 | </listitem>
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| 239 | </varlistentry>
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| 240 |
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| 241 | <varlistentry id="mpstat">
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| 242 | <term><command>mpstat</command></term>
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| 243 | <listitem>
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| 244 | <para>writes activities for each available processor.</para>
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| 245 | <indexterm zone="sysstat mpstat">
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| 246 | <primary sortas="b-mpstat">mpstat</primary>
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| 247 | </indexterm>
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| 248 | </listitem>
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| 249 | </varlistentry>
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| 250 |
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| 251 | <varlistentry id="nfsiostat">
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| 252 | <term><command>nfsiostat-sysstat</command></term>
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| 253 | <listitem>
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| 254 | <para>displays statistics about read and write operations on NFS
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| 255 | filesystems.</para>
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| 256 | <indexterm zone="sysstat nfsiostat">
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| 257 | <primary sortas="b-nfsiostat">nfsiostat</primary>
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| 258 | </indexterm>
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| 259 | </listitem>
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| 260 | </varlistentry>
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| 261 |
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| 262 | <varlistentry id="pidstat">
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| 263 | <term><command>pidstat</command></term>
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| 264 | <listitem>
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| 265 | <para>is used for monitoring individual tasks currently being managed
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| 266 | by the Linux kernel.</para>
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| 267 | <indexterm zone="sysstat pidstat">
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| 268 | <primary sortas="b-pidstat">pidstat</primary>
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| 269 | </indexterm>
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| 270 | </listitem>
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| 271 | </varlistentry>
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| 272 |
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| 273 | <varlistentry id="sadf">
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| 274 | <term><command>sadf</command></term>
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| 275 | <listitem>
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| 276 | <para>is used for displaying the contents of data files created by
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| 277 | the <command>sar</command> command. But unlike
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| 278 | <command>sar</command>, <command>sadf</command> can write its data
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| 279 | in many different formats.</para>
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| 280 | <indexterm zone="sysstat sadf">
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| 281 | <primary sortas="b-sadf">sadf</primary>
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| 282 | </indexterm>
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| 283 | </listitem>
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| 284 | </varlistentry>
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| 285 |
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| 286 | <varlistentry id="sar">
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| 287 | <term><command>sar</command></term>
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| 288 | <listitem>
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| 289 | <para>is used for displaying the contents of elected cumulative activity
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| 290 | counters in the operating system.</para>
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| 291 | <indexterm zone="sysstat sar">
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| 292 | <primary sortas="b-sar">sar</primary>
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| 293 | </indexterm>
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| 294 | </listitem>
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| 295 | </varlistentry>
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| 296 |
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| 297 | </variablelist>
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| 298 |
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| 299 | </sect2>
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| 300 |
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| 301 | </sect1>
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