glfs/general/sysutils/sysstat.xml
Bruce Dubbs fdc00738c2 Update to sysstat-10.0.2.
Update to iso-codes-3.30.



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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY sysstat-download-http "http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sebastien.godard/sysstat-&sysstat-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY sysstat-download-ftp "ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/system/status/sysstat-&sysstat-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY sysstat-md5sum "0dc5c4baf4165658450dd60913aa75bc">
<!ENTITY sysstat-size "268 KB">
<!ENTITY sysstat-buildsize "6 MB">
<!ENTITY sysstat-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="sysstat" xreflabel="Sysstat-&sysstat-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="sysstat.html"?>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<title>Sysstat-&sysstat-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="sysstat">
<primary sortas="a-Sysstat">Sysstat</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to Sysstat</title>
<para>The <application>Sysstat</application> package contains utilities
to monitor system performance and usage activity.
<application>Sysstat</application> contains the <command>sar</command>
utility, common to many commercial Unixes, and tools you can schedule via
cron to collect and historize performance and activity data.</para>
&lfs70_checked;
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&sysstat-download-http;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&sysstat-download-ftp;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download MD5 sum: &sysstat-md5sum;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download size: &sysstat-size;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated disk space required: &sysstat-buildsize;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated build time: &sysstat-time;</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Sysstat Dependencies</bridgehead>
<para>There are no build-time requirements for this package; however,
it is designed to be controlled by a cron daemon such as
<xref linkend="fcron"/>.</para>
<!-- <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
<para role="recommended"><xref linkend="fcron"/></para> -->
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/sysstat"/></para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Sysstat</title>
<para>Install <application>Sysstat</application> by running the
following commands:</para>
<!-- <screen><userinput>make config &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen> -->
<screen><userinput>sa_lib_dir=/usr/lib/sa \
sa_dir=/var/log/sa \
conf_dir=/etc/sysconfig \
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--disable-man-group &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>
<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
<!-- install -v -m644 sysstat.sysconfig /etc/sysconfig/sysstat</userinput></screen> -->
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
<!-- <para><command>make config</command>: Runs the interactive configuration
process. The first question prompts you for an
<quote><computeroutput>Installation directory</computeroutput></quote>.
Reply with <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>, as this is
equivalent to <application>Autoconf</application>'s
<option>-prefix=/usr</option> parameter to <command>configure</command>.
For all other prompts, you may press <keycap>Enter</keycap> to accept the
(very sane) defaults. When prompted for <quote><computeroutput>Number of
daily data files to keep: [7]</computeroutput></quote>, you may wish to
keep a larger number of files.</para> -->
<para><envar>sa_lib_dir</envar>: This environment variable specifies the
location of the package-specific library directory.</para>
<para><envar>sa_dir</envar>: This environment variable specifies the
location of the directory containing the data files.</para>
<para><envar>conf_dir</envar>: This environment variable specifies the
location of the system configuration directory.</para>
<para><parameter>--disable-man-group</parameter>: This parameter causes
the installation to ignore the man group variable resulting in the man
files having
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:<systemitem class="groupname">root</systemitem>
ownership.</para>
<para>Run <command>./configure --help</command> to see other influential
environment variables you can pass to <command>configure</command>. You may
want to use the <envar>history</envar> and <envar>compressafter</envar>
variables to customize the amount of data files kept on the system.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="configuration">
<title>Configuring Sysstat</title>
<sect3>
<title>Cron Information</title>
<para>To begin gathering <application>Sysstat</application> history
information, you must add to, or create a privileged user's crontab. The
history data location is
<filename class="directory">/var/log/sa</filename>. The user running
<application>Sysstat</application> utilities via cron must have write
access to this location.</para>
<para>Below is an example of what to install in the crontab. Adjust the
parameters to suit your needs. Use <command>man sa1</command> and
<command>man sa2</command> for information about the commands.</para>
<screen><literal># 8am-7pm activity reports every 10 minutes during weekdays
0 8-18 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 600 6 &amp;
# 7pm-8am activity reports every hour during weekdays
0 19-7 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 &amp;
# Activity reports every hour on Saturday and Sunday
0 * * * 0,6 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 &amp;
# Daily summary prepared at 19:05
5 19 * * * /usr/lib/sa/sa2 -A &amp;</literal></screen>
<para>Ensure you submit the revised crontab to the cron daemon.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="sysstat-init">
<title>System Startup Information</title>
<indexterm zone="sysstat sysstat-init">
<primary sortas="f-sysstat">sysstat</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>At system startup, a LINUX RESTART message must be inserted in the
daily data file to reinitialize the kernel counters. This can be
automated by installing the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sysstat</filename>
init script included in the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/>
package using the following command as the
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-sysstat</userinput></screen>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>cifsiostat, iostat, mpstat, nsfiostat, pidstat, sa1, sa2,
sadc, sadf, and sar</seg>
<seg>None</seg>
<seg>/usr/lib/sa, /usr/share/doc/sysstat-&sysstat-version; and
/var/log/sa</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="cifsiostat">
<term><command>cifsiostat</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>displays statistics about read and write operations on CIFS
filesystems.</para>
<indexterm zone="sysstat cifsiostat">
<primary sortas="b-cifsiostat">cifsiostat</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="iostat">
<term><command>iostat</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>reports CPU statistics and input/output
statistics for devices and partitions.</para>
<indexterm zone="sysstat iostat">
<primary sortas="b-iostat">iostat</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="mpstat">
<term><command>mpstat</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>writes activities for each available processor.</para>
<indexterm zone="sysstat mpstat">
<primary sortas="b-mpstat">mpstat</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="nfsiostat">
<term><command>nfsiostat</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>displays statistics about read and write operations on NFS
filesystems.</para>
<indexterm zone="sysstat nfsiostat">
<primary sortas="b-nfsiostat">nfsiostat</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pidstat">
<term><command>pidstat</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is used for monitoring individual tasks currently being managed
by the Linux kernel.</para>
<indexterm zone="sysstat pidstat">
<primary sortas="b-pidstat">pidstat</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="sa1">
<term><command>sa1</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>collects and stores binary data in the system activity daily
data file. It is a front end to <filename>sadc</filename> designed
to be run from cron.</para>
<indexterm zone="sysstat sa1">
<primary sortas="b-sa1">sa1</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="sa2">
<term><command>sa2</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>writes a summarized daily activity report. It is a front end
to <command>sar</command> designed to be run from cron.</para>
<indexterm zone="sysstat sa2">
<primary sortas="b-sa2">sa2</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="sadc">
<term><command>sadc</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is the system activity data collector, used as a backend for
<command>sar</command>.</para>
<indexterm zone="sysstat sadc">
<primary sortas="b-sadc">sadc</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="sadf">
<term><command>sadf</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is used for displaying the contents of data files created by
the <command>sar</command> command. But unlike
<command>sar</command>, <command>sadf</command> can write its data
in many different formats.</para>
<indexterm zone="sysstat sadf">
<primary sortas="b-sadf">sadf</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="sar">
<term><command>sar</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is used for displaying the contents of elected cumulative activity
counters in the operating system.</para>
<indexterm zone="sysstat sar">
<primary sortas="b-sar">sar</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>