Issued:
2013-11-20
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHEA-2013:1621 - new package: ps_mem


Synopsis

new package: ps_mem

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

A new ps_mem package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The ps_mem package provides a memory usage script written in Python that calculates how much RAM is used per program. The script automatically selects the most accurate method, which is available for a particular running kernel.

This enhancement update adds the ps_mem package to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. (BZ#962850)

All users who require ps_mem are advised to install this new package.

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/site/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 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

  • ps_mem-3.1-5.el6.noarch.rpm
  • ps_mem-3.1-5.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information