Issued:
2010-11-29
Updated:
2010-11-29

RHBA-2010:0912 - sysstat bug fix update

Synopsis

sysstat bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated sysstat package that fixes various bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

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

This updated sysstat package fixes the following bug:

  • Due to recent changes in the /proc/interrupts format, running the "mpstat -I ALL" command did not produce the correct output. With this update, the mpstat utility has been updated to recognize the new format, and running the above command now works as expected. (BZ#650125)

  • On a system with a running KVM virtual machine and under very special circumstances, the mpstat utility may have produced an output that contained incorrect values. This error no longer occurs, and the mpstat utility now always produces the correct output. (BZ#651813)

All users of sysstat are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-12.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
  • sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-12.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
  • sysstat-9.0.4-12.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
  • sysstat-9.0.4-12.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
  • sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-12.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
  • sysstat-9.0.4-12.el6_0.1.src.rpm
  • sysstat-debuginfo-9.0.4-12.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
  • sysstat-9.0.4-12.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
  • sysstat-9.0.4-12.el6_0.1.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information