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sysstat: System performance tools for the Linux operating system...
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(C) 1999-2004 Sebastien Godard (sysstat <at> wanadoo.fr)
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The latest version of sysstat can always be found on my web site at:
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http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sebastien.godard/
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sysstat package is also available at ibiblio's Linux archive
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in the following directory:
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ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/status/
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See the CHANGES file to know the new features/improvements/bug fixes added
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in this release of sysstat.
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The sysstat utilities are a collection of performance monitoring tools for
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Linux. These include mpstat, iostat, sar and sa tools.
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The first stage is to configure sysstat for your system:
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This is useful to change some configuration variables, for instance if you
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want to choose installation directories.
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Answer the questions or enter Return to accept the default values.
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For yes/no questions, please answer 'y' or 'n' (without the quotes): It is
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case sensitive! You can also enter '?' to get a help message.
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Configuring your system is not compulsory. If not done, sysstat will use
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a default configuration file...
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The next stage is to build the various binary files. Enter:
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Then log in as root and enter:
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(see next section to know the files that are installed).
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Of course tell me if there are any problems. This is the only way I can improve
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'sysstat'. Please also remember to read the FAQ included in this package.
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With regard to sysstat, patches and suggestions for improvements are always
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welcome! Send them to (sysstat <at> wanadoo.fr).
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FILES THAT ARE INSTALLED
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I _hate_ when packages install files everywhere on my disk and I don't know
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So here is the list of files installed by sysstat, when you ask for a
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complete installation.
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${PREFIX} is the value of the PREFIX variable defined in the Makefile
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(usually set to /usr/local or /usr).
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${PREFIX}(/share)/man/man8/sadc.8
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${PREFIX}(/share)/man/man8/sa1.8
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${PREFIX}(/share)/man/man8/sa2.8
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${PREFIX}(/share)/man/man1/sar.1
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${PREFIX}(/share)/man/man1/iostat.1
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${PREFIX}(/share)/man/man1/mpstat.1
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${PREFIX}/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
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${PREFIX}/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
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${PREFIX}/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
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${PREFIX}/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
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${PREFIX}/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
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${PREFIX}/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
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${PREFIX}/share/locale/nb_NO/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
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${PREFIX}/share/locale/nn_NO/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
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${PREFIX}/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
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${PREFIX}/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
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${PREFIX}/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
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${PREFIX}/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
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${PREFIX}/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
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${PREFIX}/doc/sysstat-x.y.z/*
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${RC_DIR}/rc2.d/S03sysstat
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${RC_DIR}/rc3.d/S03sysstat
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${RC_DIR}/rc5.d/S03sysstat
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${INIT_DIR}=/etc/rc.d/init.d/ for [REDHAT] [CALDERA] [MANDRAKE] [TURBOLINUX]
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${INIT_DIR}=/sbin/init.d/ for [SUSE <= 7.0]
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${INIT_DIR}=/etc/init.d/ for [SUSE >= 7.1] [DEBIAN]
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${RC_DIR}=/etc/rc.d/ for [REDHAT] [CALDERA] [MANDRAKE] [TURBOLINUX]
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${RC_DIR}=/sbin/init.d/ for [SUSE <= 7.0]
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${RC_DIR}=/etc/init.d/ for [SUSE >= 7.1]
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${RC_DIR}=/etc/ for [DEBIAN]
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The sar, mpstat and iostat commands are only front-ends to the kernel proc
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filesystem... They cannot display statistics that Linux does not
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provide, nor can they be more accurate than Linux is.
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The sysstat package has been tested on Linux kernels 2.0.x, 2.2.x, 2.4.x and
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2.6.x, but since new statistics are added in sysstat, they are not necessarily
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present in old kernels.
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It has been designed with National Language Support (NLS) in mind, using
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the GNU gettext package (available at http://www.gnu.org).
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At the present time, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese,
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Afrikaans, Norwegian, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Slovak and
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Japanese translations are available. You are welcome if you want to make
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other languages available ;-)
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Please read the README-nls file in the nls directory before.
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