SUSE-RU-2012:0611-1: moderate: Recommended update for sysstat

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for sysstat
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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
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   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.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=862906356429ff3be8d59da0ae2e4d9b
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b93d671797534c65552c90ffb088e4e4