Issued:
2013-02-20
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0391 - virt-top bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

virt-top bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated virt-top packages that fix two bugs and add three enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The virt-top utility displays statistics of virtualized domains and uses many of the same keys and command-line options as the top utility.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, the "-o" (sort) option was not properly described in the output of the "virt-top --help" command. Four of the possible sort parameters were not mentioned in the description. This bug has been fixed and the full range of sort parameters is now shown in the virt-top --help message. (BZ#807176)

  • Previously, the column names of the virt-top summary table were not explained in the virt-top man page. The manual page has been updated, and the headings are now properly documented in the "COLUMN HEADINGS" section. (BZ#834208)

This update also adds the following enhancements:

  • The copyright information has been updated in the virt-top man pages and help documents. (BZ#825627)

  • This update adds a separate man page for the processcsv.py script, which was previously documented only in the virt-top man page. (BZ#835547)

  • With this update, the "virt-top -1" command has been enhanced to separately display the usage of virtual CPUs. Two numbers are now shown under each domain column; the first is the percentage of the physical CPU used by the domain and the hypervisor together, the second is the percentage used just by the domain. This information is important for performance tuning and other tasks. (BZ#841759)

All users of virt-top are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

Solution

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
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 Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • virt-top-1.0.4-3.15.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • virt-top-1.0.4-3.15.el6.i686.rpm
  • virt-top-1.0.4-3.15.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • virt-top-1.0.4-3.15.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information