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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://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/sysstat-&sysstat-version;.tar.xz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY sysstat-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY sysstat-md5sum "aef5464af848afe2f425d3cd9afce8eb">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY sysstat-size "840 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY sysstat-buildsize "30 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 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 20 | </sect1info>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <title>Sysstat-&sysstat-version;</title>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <indexterm zone="sysstat">
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| 25 | <primary sortas="a-Sysstat">Sysstat</primary>
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| 26 | </indexterm>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 29 | <title>Introduction to Sysstat</title>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <para>
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| 32 | 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.
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| 37 | </para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | &lfs101_checked;
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&sysstat-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&sysstat-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &sysstat-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &sysstat-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &sysstat-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &sysstat-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Sysstat Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <para role="recommended">
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| 78 | There are no build-time requirements for this package; however,
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| 79 | it is designed to be controlled by a cron daemon such as
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| 80 | <xref linkend="fcron" role="runtime"/>.
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| 81 | </para>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 84 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/sysstat"/></para>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | </sect2>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 89 | <title>Installation of Sysstat</title>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <para>
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| 92 | Install <application>Sysstat</application> by running the
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| 93 | following commands:
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| 94 | </para>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <screen><userinput>sa_lib_dir=/usr/lib/sa \
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| 97 | sa_dir=/var/log/sa \
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| 98 | conf_dir=/etc/sysconfig \
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| 99 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 100 | --disable-file-attr &&
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| 101 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <para>
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| 104 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 105 | </para>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <para>
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| 108 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 109 | </para>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 114 | Install the systemd unit by running the following command as the
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| 115 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 116 | </para>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>install -v -m644 sysstat.service /lib/systemd/system/sysstat.service</userinput></screen>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 121 | Fix the systemd unit by running the following command as the
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| 122 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 123 | </para>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>sed -i "/^Also=/d" /lib/systemd/system/sysstat.service</userinput></screen>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | </sect2>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 130 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <para>
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| 133 | <envar>sa_lib_dir</envar>: This environment variable specifies the
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| 134 | location of the package-specific library directory.
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| 135 | </para>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <para>
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| 138 | <envar>sa_dir</envar>: This environment variable specifies the
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| 139 | location of the directory containing the data files.
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| 140 | </para>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <para>
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| 143 | <envar>conf_dir</envar>: This environment variable specifies the
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| 144 | location of the system configuration directory.
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| 145 | </para>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <para>
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| 148 | <parameter>--disable-file-attr</parameter>: Do not set attributes on
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| 149 | files being installed. This parameter causes the installation to ignore
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| 150 | the man group variable resulting in the man files having
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| 151 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:
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| 152 | <systemitem class="groupname">root</systemitem> ownership.
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| 153 | </para>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <note>
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| 156 | <para>
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| 157 | Run <command>./configure --help</command> to see other influential
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| 158 | environment variables you can pass to <command>configure</command>.
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| 159 | You may want to use the <envar>history</envar> and
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| 160 | <envar>compressafter</envar> variables to customize the amount of data
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| 161 | files kept on the system.
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| 162 | </para>
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| 163 | </note>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | </sect2>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 168 | <title>Configuring Sysstat</title>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <sect3 id="sysstat-config">
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| 171 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <para>
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| 174 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/sysstat</filename> and
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| 175 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/sysstat.ioconf</filename>
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| 176 | </para>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <indexterm zone="sysstat sysstat-config">
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| 179 | <primary sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-sysstat">/etc/sysconfig/sysstat</primary>
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| 180 | </indexterm>
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| 181 | <indexterm zone="sysstat sysstat-config">
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| 182 | <primary sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-sysstat.ioconf">/etc/sysconfig/sysstat.ioconf</primary>
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| 183 | </indexterm>
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| 184 |
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| 185 | </sect3>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <sect3>
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| 188 | <title>Cron Information</title>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <para>
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| 191 | To begin gathering <application>Sysstat</application> history
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| 192 | information, you must add to, or create a privileged user's crontab.
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| 193 | The history data location is
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| 194 | <filename class="directory">/var/log/sa</filename>. The user running
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| 195 | <application>Sysstat</application> utilities via cron must have write
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| 196 | access to this location.
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| 197 | </para>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <para>
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| 200 | Below is an example of what to install in the crontab. Adjust the
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| 201 | parameters to suit your needs. Use <command>man sa1</command> and
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| 202 | <command>man sa2</command> for information about the commands.
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| 203 | </para>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <screen><literal># 8am-7pm activity reports every 10 minutes during weekdays
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| 206 | 0 8-18 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 600 6 &
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| 207 |
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| 208 | # 7pm-8am activity reports every hour during weekdays
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| 209 | 0 19-7 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 &
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| 210 |
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| 211 | # Activity reports every hour on Saturday and Sunday
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| 212 | 0 * * * 0,6 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 &
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| 213 |
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| 214 | # Daily summary prepared at 19:05
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| 215 | 5 19 * * * /usr/lib/sa/sa2 -A &</literal></screen>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <para>
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| 218 | Ensure you submit the revised crontab to the cron daemon.
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| 219 | </para>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | </sect3>
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| 222 |
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| 223 | <sect3 id="sysstat-init">
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| 224 | <title>System Startup Information</title>
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| 225 |
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| 226 | <indexterm zone="sysstat sysstat-init">
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| 227 | <primary sortas="f-sysstat">sysstat</primary>
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| 228 | </indexterm>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 231 | At system startup, a LINUX RESTART message must be
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| 232 | inserted in the daily data file to reinitialize the kernel counters.
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| 233 | This can be automated by installing the
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| 234 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sysstat</filename> init script included in
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| 235 | the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package using the following command
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| 236 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 237 | </para>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>make install-sysstat</userinput></screen>
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| 240 |
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| 241 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 242 | At system startup, a LINUX RESTART message must
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| 243 | be inserted in the daily data file to reinitialize the kernel counters.
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| 244 | This can be automated by enabling the previously installed systemd unit
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| 245 | by running the following command as the
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| 246 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 247 | </para>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable sysstat</userinput></screen>
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| 250 |
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| 251 | </sect3>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | </sect2>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 256 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 257 |
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| 258 | <segmentedlist>
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| 259 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 260 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 261 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <seglistitem>
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| 264 | <seg>cifsiostat, iostat, mpstat, pidstat, sadf, sar, and tapestat</seg>
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| 265 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 266 | <seg>/usr/lib/sa,
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| 267 | /usr/share/doc/sysstat-&sysstat-version; and
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| 268 | /var/log/sa
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| 269 | </seg>
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| 270 | </seglistitem>
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| 271 | </segmentedlist>
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| 272 |
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| 273 | <variablelist>
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| 274 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 275 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 276 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 277 |
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| 278 | <varlistentry id="cifsiostat">
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| 279 | <term><command>cifsiostat</command></term>
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| 280 | <listitem>
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| 281 | <para>
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| 282 | displays statistics about read and write operations on CIFS
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| 283 | filesystems
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| 284 | </para>
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| 285 | <indexterm zone="sysstat cifsiostat">
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| 286 | <primary sortas="b-cifsiostat">cifsiostat</primary>
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| 287 | </indexterm>
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| 288 | </listitem>
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| 289 | </varlistentry>
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| 290 |
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| 291 | <varlistentry id="iostat">
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| 292 | <term><command>iostat</command></term>
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| 293 | <listitem>
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| 294 | <para>
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| 295 | reports CPU statistics and input/output
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| 296 | statistics for devices and partitions
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| 297 | </para>
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| 298 | <indexterm zone="sysstat iostat">
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| 299 | <primary sortas="b-iostat">iostat</primary>
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| 300 | </indexterm>
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| 301 | </listitem>
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| 302 | </varlistentry>
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| 303 |
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| 304 | <varlistentry id="mpstat">
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| 305 | <term><command>mpstat</command></term>
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| 306 | <listitem>
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| 307 | <para>
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| 308 | writes activities for each available processor
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| 309 | </para>
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| 310 | <indexterm zone="sysstat mpstat">
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| 311 | <primary sortas="b-mpstat">mpstat</primary>
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| 312 | </indexterm>
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| 313 | </listitem>
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| 314 | </varlistentry>
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| 315 |
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| 316 | <varlistentry id="pidstat">
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| 317 | <term><command>pidstat</command></term>
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| 318 | <listitem>
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| 319 | <para>
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| 320 | is used for monitoring individual tasks currently being managed
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| 321 | by the Linux kernel
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| 322 | </para>
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| 323 | <indexterm zone="sysstat pidstat">
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| 324 | <primary sortas="b-pidstat">pidstat</primary>
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| 325 | </indexterm>
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| 326 | </listitem>
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| 327 | </varlistentry>
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| 328 |
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| 329 | <varlistentry id="sadf">
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| 330 | <term><command>sadf</command></term>
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| 331 | <listitem>
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| 332 | <para>
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| 333 | is used for displaying the contents of data files created by
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| 334 | the <command>sar</command> command. But unlike
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| 335 | <command>sar</command>, <command>sadf</command> can write its data
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| 336 | in many different formats
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| 337 | </para>
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| 338 | <indexterm zone="sysstat sadf">
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| 339 | <primary sortas="b-sadf">sadf</primary>
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| 340 | </indexterm>
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| 341 | </listitem>
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| 342 | </varlistentry>
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| 343 |
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| 344 | <varlistentry id="sar">
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| 345 | <term><command>sar</command></term>
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| 346 | <listitem>
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| 347 | <para>
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| 348 | is used for displaying the contents of elected cumulative activity
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| 349 | counters in the operating system
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| 350 | </para>
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| 351 | <indexterm zone="sysstat sar">
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| 352 | <primary sortas="b-sar">sar</primary>
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| 353 | </indexterm>
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| 354 | </listitem>
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| 355 | </varlistentry>
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| 356 |
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| 357 | <varlistentry id="tapestat">
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| 358 | <term><command>tapestat</command></term>
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| 359 | <listitem>
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| 360 | <para>
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| 361 | is used for monitoring the activity of tape drives connected to
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| 362 | a system
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| 363 | </para>
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| 364 | <indexterm zone="sysstat tapestat">
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| 365 | <primary sortas="b-tapestat">tapestat</primary>
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| 366 | </indexterm>
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| 367 | </listitem>
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| 368 | </varlistentry>
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| 369 |
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| 370 | </variablelist>
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| 371 |
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| 372 | </sect2>
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| 373 |
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| 374 | </sect1>
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