Information about the package, sysstat, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The sysstat package is designed for, The sar and iostat system monitoring commands.
Package Name:
sysstat
Summary:
The sar and iostat system monitoring commands
Description:
This package provides the sar and iostat commands for Linux. Sar and iostat enable system monitoring of disk, network, and other IO activity.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
9.0.4
Release:
33el6_9.1
Size:
826 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the sysstat package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install sysstat
This command will install sysstat on the server.
yum remove sysstat
This command will un-install sysstat on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sysstat, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove sysstat
This command will un-install sysstat on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove sysstat when using the -y flag.
yum update sysstat
This command will update sysstat to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sysstat, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update sysstat
This command will update sysstat to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove sysstat when using the -y flag.
yum info sysstat
This command will show you core information about the sysstat package.
yum deplist sysstat
This command will show you the dependencies for sysstat. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update sysstat
This command will check if there is an update waiting on sysstat. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.