Changeset 481b3e8 for general/sysutils/sysstat.xml
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general/sysutils/sysstat.xml
r35036a30 r481b3e8 30 30 <title>Introduction to Sysstat</title> 31 31 32 <para>The <application>Sysstat</application> package contains utilities 33 to monitor system performance and usage activity. 34 <application>Sysstat</application> contains the <command>sar</command> 35 utility, common to many commercial Unixes, and tools you can schedule via 32 <para>The <application>Sysstat</application> package contains utilities 33 to monitor system performance and usage activity. 34 <application>Sysstat</application> contains the <command>sar</command> 35 utility, common to many commercial Unixes, and tools you can schedule via 36 36 cron to collect and historize performance and activity data.</para> 37 37 … … 68 68 <title>Installation of Sysstat</title> 69 69 70 <para>Install <application>Sysstat</application> by running the 70 <para>Install <application>Sysstat</application> by running the 71 71 following commands:</para> 72 72 … … 83 83 <title>Command Explanations</title> 84 84 85 <para><command>make config</command>: Runs the interactive configuration 86 process. The first question prompts you for an 87 <quote><computeroutput>Installation directory</computeroutput></quote>. 88 Reply with <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>, as this is equivalent to 89 <application>Autoconf</application>'s <option>--prefix=/usr</option> parameter 90 to <command>configure</command>. For all other prompts, you may 91 press <keycap>Enter</keycap> to accept the (very sane) defaults. When 92 prompted for <quote><computeroutput>Number of daily data files to keep: 85 <para><command>make config</command>: Runs the interactive configuration 86 process. The first question prompts you for an 87 <quote><computeroutput>Installation directory</computeroutput></quote>. 88 Reply with <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>, as this is equivalent to 89 <application>Autoconf</application>'s <option>--prefix=/usr</option> parameter 90 to <command>configure</command>. For all other prompts, you may 91 press <keycap>Enter</keycap> to accept the (very sane) defaults. When 92 prompted for <quote><computeroutput>Number of daily data files to keep: 93 93 [7]</computeroutput></quote>, you may wish to keep a larger number of files. 94 94 However, don't exceed 25 because <application>Sysstat</application> will … … 103 103 <title>Cron Information</title> 104 104 105 <para>To begin gathering <application>Sysstat</application> history 106 information, you must add to, or create a privileged user's crontab. The 107 default history data location is 108 <filename class="directory">/var/log/sa</filename>. The user running 109 <application>Sysstat</application> utilities via cron must have write 105 <para>To begin gathering <application>Sysstat</application> history 106 information, you must add to, or create a privileged user's crontab. The 107 default history data location is 108 <filename class="directory">/var/log/sa</filename>. The user running 109 <application>Sysstat</application> utilities via cron must have write 110 110 access to this location.</para> 111 111 … … 116 116 <screen><literal># 8am-7pm activity reports every 10 minutes during weekdays 117 117 0 8-18 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 600 6 & 118 118 119 119 # 7pm-8am activity reports every hour during weekdays 120 120 0 19-7 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 & 121 121 122 122 # Activity reports every hour on Saturday and Sunday 123 123 0 * * * 0,6 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 & 124 124 125 125 # Daily summary prepared at 19:05 126 126 5 19 * * * /usr/lib/sa/sa2 -A &</literal></screen> … … 137 137 </indexterm> 138 138 139 <para>At system startup, a LINUX RESTART message must be inserted in the daily 139 <para>At system startup, a LINUX RESTART message must be inserted in the daily 140 140 data file to reinitialize the kernel counters. This can be automated by 141 installing the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sysstat</filename> init script 142 included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package using 141 installing the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sysstat</filename> init script 142 included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package using 143 143 the following command:</para> 144 144 … … 172 172 <term><command>iostat</command></term> 173 173 <listitem> 174 <para>reports <acronym>CPU</acronym> statistics and input/output174 <para>reports CPU statistics and input/output 175 175 statistics for devices and partitions.</para> 176 176 <indexterm zone="sysstat iostat"> … … 203 203 <term><command>sa1</command></term> 204 204 <listitem> 205 <para>collects and stores binary data in the system activity daily 206 data file. It is a front end to <filename>sadc</filename> designed to be run 205 <para>collects and stores binary data in the system activity daily 206 data file. It is a front end to <filename>sadc</filename> designed to be run 207 207 from cron.</para> 208 208 <indexterm zone="sysstat sa1"> … … 215 215 <term><command>sa2</command></term> 216 216 <listitem> 217 <para>writes a summarized daily activity report. It is a front end 217 <para>writes a summarized daily activity report. It is a front end 218 218 to <command>sar</command> designed to be run from cron.</para> 219 219 <indexterm zone="sysstat sa2"> … … 226 226 <term><command>sadc</command></term> 227 227 <listitem> 228 <para>is the system activity data collector, used as a backend for 228 <para>is the system activity data collector, used as a backend for 229 229 <command>sar</command>.</para> 230 230 <indexterm zone="sysstat sadc">
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