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[6732c094] | 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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[f384a9d] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[155d664f] | 7 | <!ENTITY sysstat-download-http "http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sebastien.godard/sysstat-&sysstat-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY sysstat-download-ftp "ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/system/status/sysstat-&sysstat-version;.tar.bz2">
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[fdc00738] | 9 | <!ENTITY sysstat-md5sum "0dc5c4baf4165658450dd60913aa75bc">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY sysstat-size "268 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY sysstat-buildsize "6 MB">
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[5ba48e8] | 12 | <!ENTITY sysstat-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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[f384a9d] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="sysstat" xreflabel="Sysstat-&sysstat-version;">
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[eb2cf83a] | 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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[481b3e8] | 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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[eb2cf83a] | 36 | cron to collect and historize performance and activity data.</para>
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| 37 |
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[fdc00738] | 38 | &lfs70_checked;
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| 39 |
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[eb2cf83a] | 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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[b058cd3] | 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 | <!-- <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 69 | <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="fcron"/></para> -->
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[eb2cf83a] | 70 |
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[1039de3] | 71 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 72 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/sysstat"/></para>
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| 73 |
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[eb2cf83a] | 74 | </sect2>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 77 | <title>Installation of Sysstat</title>
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| 78 |
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[481b3e8] | 79 | <para>Install <application>Sysstat</application> by running the
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[eb2cf83a] | 80 | following commands:</para>
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| 81 |
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[5a195f0f] | 82 | <!-- <screen><userinput>make config &&
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| 83 | make</userinput></screen> -->
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| 84 |
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[fdc00738] | 85 | <screen><userinput>sa_lib_dir=/usr/lib/sa \
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| 86 | sa_dir=/var/log/sa \
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| 87 | conf_dir=/etc/sysconfig \
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| 88 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 89 | --disable-man-group &&
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[eb2cf83a] | 90 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 91 |
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[5ba48e8] | 92 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 93 |
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[eb2cf83a] | 94 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 95 |
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[58a8fab2] | 96 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <!-- install -v -m644 sysstat.sysconfig /etc/sysconfig/sysstat</userinput></screen> -->
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[eb2cf83a] | 99 |
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| 100 | </sect2>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 103 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 104 |
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[5a195f0f] | 105 | <!-- <para><command>make config</command>: Runs the interactive configuration
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[481b3e8] | 106 | process. The first question prompts you for an
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| 107 | <quote><computeroutput>Installation directory</computeroutput></quote>.
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[5ba48e8] | 108 | Reply with <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>, as this is
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| 109 | equivalent to <application>Autoconf</application>'s
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[5a195f0f] | 110 | <option>-prefix=/usr</option> parameter to <command>configure</command>.
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[5ba48e8] | 111 | For all other prompts, you may press <keycap>Enter</keycap> to accept the
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| 112 | (very sane) defaults. When prompted for <quote><computeroutput>Number of
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| 113 | daily data files to keep: [7]</computeroutput></quote>, you may wish to
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[5a195f0f] | 114 | keep a larger number of files.</para> -->
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <para><envar>sa_lib_dir</envar>: This environment variable specifies the
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| 117 | location of the package-specific library directory.</para>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <para><envar>sa_dir</envar>: This environment variable specifies the
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| 120 | location of the directory containing the data files.</para>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <para><envar>conf_dir</envar>: This environment variable specifies the
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| 123 | location of the system configuration directory.</para>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <para><parameter>--disable-man-group</parameter>: This parameter causes
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| 126 | the installation to ignore the man group variable resulting in the man
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| 127 | files having
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| 128 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:<systemitem class="groupname">root</systemitem>
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| 129 | ownership.</para>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <para>Run <command>./configure --help</command> to see other influential
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| 132 | environment variables you can pass to <command>configure</command>. You may
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| 133 | want to use the <envar>history</envar> and <envar>compressafter</envar>
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| 134 | variables to customize the amount of data files kept on the system.</para>
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[eb2cf83a] | 135 |
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| 136 | </sect2>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 139 | <title>Configuring Sysstat</title>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <sect3>
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| 142 | <title>Cron Information</title>
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| 143 |
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[481b3e8] | 144 | <para>To begin gathering <application>Sysstat</application> history
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| 145 | information, you must add to, or create a privileged user's crontab. The
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[5a195f0f] | 146 | history data location is
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[481b3e8] | 147 | <filename class="directory">/var/log/sa</filename>. The user running
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| 148 | <application>Sysstat</application> utilities via cron must have write
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[eb2cf83a] | 149 | access to this location.</para>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <para>Below is an example of what to install in the crontab. Adjust the
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| 152 | parameters to suit your needs. Use <command>man sa1</command> and
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| 153 | <command>man sa2</command> for information about the commands.</para>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <screen><literal># 8am-7pm activity reports every 10 minutes during weekdays
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[f384a9d] | 156 | 0 8-18 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 600 6 &
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[481b3e8] | 157 |
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[f384a9d] | 158 | # 7pm-8am activity reports every hour during weekdays
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| 159 | 0 19-7 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 &
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[481b3e8] | 160 |
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[f384a9d] | 161 | # Activity reports every hour on Saturday and Sunday
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| 162 | 0 * * * 0,6 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 &
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[481b3e8] | 163 |
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[f384a9d] | 164 | # Daily summary prepared at 19:05
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[eb2cf83a] | 165 | 5 19 * * * /usr/lib/sa/sa2 -A &</literal></screen>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <para>Ensure you submit the revised crontab to the cron daemon.</para>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | </sect3>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <sect3 id="sysstat-init">
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| 172 | <title>System Startup Information</title>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | <indexterm zone="sysstat sysstat-init">
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| 175 | <primary sortas="f-sysstat">sysstat</primary>
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| 176 | </indexterm>
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| 177 |
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[5ba48e8] | 178 | <para>At system startup, a LINUX RESTART message must be inserted in the
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| 179 | daily data file to reinitialize the kernel counters. This can be
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| 180 | automated by installing the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sysstat</filename>
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[5254d12] | 181 | init script included in the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/>
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[bccbdaea] | 182 | package using the following command as the
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[5ba48e8] | 183 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[eb2cf83a] | 184 |
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| 185 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-sysstat</userinput></screen>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | </sect3>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | </sect2>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 192 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <segmentedlist>
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| 195 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 196 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 197 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <seglistitem>
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[fdc00738] | 200 | <seg>cifsiostat, iostat, mpstat, nsfiostat, pidstat, sa1, sa2,
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| 201 | sadc, sadf, and sar</seg>
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[eb2cf83a] | 202 | <seg>None</seg>
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[bccbdaea] | 203 | <seg>/usr/lib/sa, /usr/share/doc/sysstat-&sysstat-version; and
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[5ba48e8] | 204 | /var/log/sa</seg>
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[eb2cf83a] | 205 | </seglistitem>
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| 206 | </segmentedlist>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <variablelist>
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| 209 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 210 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 211 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 212 |
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[fdc00738] | 213 | <varlistentry id="cifsiostat">
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| 214 | <term><command>cifsiostat</command></term>
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| 215 | <listitem>
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| 216 | <para>displays statistics about read and write operations on CIFS
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| 217 | filesystems.</para>
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| 218 | <indexterm zone="sysstat cifsiostat">
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| 219 | <primary sortas="b-cifsiostat">cifsiostat</primary>
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| 220 | </indexterm>
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| 221 | </listitem>
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| 222 | </varlistentry>
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| 223 |
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[eb2cf83a] | 224 | <varlistentry id="iostat">
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| 225 | <term><command>iostat</command></term>
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| 226 | <listitem>
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[481b3e8] | 227 | <para>reports CPU statistics and input/output
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[eb2cf83a] | 228 | statistics for devices and partitions.</para>
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| 229 | <indexterm zone="sysstat iostat">
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| 230 | <primary sortas="b-iostat">iostat</primary>
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| 231 | </indexterm>
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| 232 | </listitem>
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| 233 | </varlistentry>
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| 234 |
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[fdc00738] | 235 | <varlistentry id="mpstat">
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| 236 | <term><command>mpstat</command></term>
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[b058cd3] | 237 | <listitem>
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[fdc00738] | 238 | <para>writes activities for each available processor.</para>
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| 239 | <indexterm zone="sysstat mpstat">
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| 240 | <primary sortas="b-mpstat">mpstat</primary>
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[b058cd3] | 241 | </indexterm>
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| 242 | </listitem>
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| 243 | </varlistentry>
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| 244 |
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[fdc00738] | 245 | <varlistentry id="nfsiostat">
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| 246 | <term><command>nfsiostat</command></term>
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[eb2cf83a] | 247 | <listitem>
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[fdc00738] | 248 | <para>displays statistics about read and write operations on NFS
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| 249 | filesystems.</para>
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| 250 | <indexterm zone="sysstat nfsiostat">
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| 251 | <primary sortas="b-nfsiostat">nfsiostat</primary>
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[eb2cf83a] | 252 | </indexterm>
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| 253 | </listitem>
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| 254 | </varlistentry>
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| 255 |
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[5a195f0f] | 256 | <varlistentry id="pidstat">
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| 257 | <term><command>pidstat</command></term>
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| 258 | <listitem>
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| 259 | <para>is used for monitoring individual tasks currently being managed
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| 260 | by the Linux kernel.</para>
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| 261 | <indexterm zone="sysstat pidstat">
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| 262 | <primary sortas="b-pidstat">pidstat</primary>
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| 263 | </indexterm>
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| 264 | </listitem>
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| 265 | </varlistentry>
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| 266 |
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[eb2cf83a] | 267 | <varlistentry id="sa1">
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| 268 | <term><command>sa1</command></term>
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| 269 | <listitem>
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[481b3e8] | 270 | <para>collects and stores binary data in the system activity daily
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[5ba48e8] | 271 | data file. It is a front end to <filename>sadc</filename> designed
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| 272 | to be run from cron.</para>
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[eb2cf83a] | 273 | <indexterm zone="sysstat sa1">
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| 274 | <primary sortas="b-sa1">sa1</primary>
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| 275 | </indexterm>
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| 276 | </listitem>
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| 277 | </varlistentry>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | <varlistentry id="sa2">
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| 280 | <term><command>sa2</command></term>
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| 281 | <listitem>
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[481b3e8] | 282 | <para>writes a summarized daily activity report. It is a front end
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[eb2cf83a] | 283 | to <command>sar</command> designed to be run from cron.</para>
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| 284 | <indexterm zone="sysstat sa2">
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| 285 | <primary sortas="b-sa2">sa2</primary>
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| 286 | </indexterm>
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| 287 | </listitem>
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| 288 | </varlistentry>
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| 289 |
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| 290 | <varlistentry id="sadc">
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| 291 | <term><command>sadc</command></term>
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| 292 | <listitem>
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[481b3e8] | 293 | <para>is the system activity data collector, used as a backend for
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[eb2cf83a] | 294 | <command>sar</command>.</para>
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| 295 | <indexterm zone="sysstat sadc">
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| 296 | <primary sortas="b-sadc">sadc</primary>
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| 297 | </indexterm>
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| 298 | </listitem>
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| 299 | </varlistentry>
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| 300 |
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[5ba48e8] | 301 | <varlistentry id="sadf">
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| 302 | <term><command>sadf</command></term>
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| 303 | <listitem>
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| 304 | <para>is used for displaying the contents of data files created by
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| 305 | the <command>sar</command> command. But unlike
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| 306 | <command>sar</command>, <command>sadf</command> can write its data
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| 307 | in many different formats.</para>
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| 308 | <indexterm zone="sysstat sadf">
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| 309 | <primary sortas="b-sadf">sadf</primary>
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| 310 | </indexterm>
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| 311 | </listitem>
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| 312 | </varlistentry>
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| 313 |
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[fdc00738] | 314 | <varlistentry id="sar">
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| 315 | <term><command>sar</command></term>
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| 316 | <listitem>
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| 317 | <para>is used for displaying the contents of elected cumulative activity
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| 318 | counters in the operating system.</para>
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| 319 | <indexterm zone="sysstat sar">
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| 320 | <primary sortas="b-sar">sar</primary>
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| 321 | </indexterm>
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| 322 | </listitem>
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| 323 | </varlistentry>
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| 324 |
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[eb2cf83a] | 325 | </variablelist>
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| 326 |
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| 327 | </sect2>
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[f384a9d] | 328 |
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| 329 | </sect1>
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