Recommended update for sysstat

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for sysstat
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0611-1
Rating: moderate
References: #737103 #737372 #746517 #758356
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

  • An update that has four recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for sysstat fixes the following reports:

    * disk and interrupt statistics missing in the reports
    * sar does not handle devices with minor numbers >= 256
    * integer overflow sometimes causing sar to display
    bogus values
    * sar reports multiple days for each saXX file.

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-sysstat-6260
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-sysstat-6260
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-sysstat-6259
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-sysstat-6259
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-sysstat-6260
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-sysstat-6259

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • sysstat-8.1.5-7.36.1
    • sysstat-isag-8.1.5-7.36.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • sysstat-8.1.5-7.36.1
    • sysstat-isag-8.1.5-7.36.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • sysstat-8.1.5-7.31.31.1
    • sysstat-isag-8.1.5-7.31.31.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • sysstat-8.1.5-7.31.31.1
    • sysstat-isag-8.1.5-7.31.31.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • sysstat-8.1.5-7.36.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
    • sysstat-8.1.5-7.31.31.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/737103
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/737372
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/746517
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/758356
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=862906356429ff3be8d59da0ae2e4d9b
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b93d671797534c65552c90ffb088e4e4