Package: sysstat Version: 5.0.6-5 Sysstat enforces a 7-day limit on the time for which performance data is kept. On production systems a longer period is desirable. The attached patches (to /etc/default/sysstat and /usr/lib/sysstat/sa2, respectively) implement this functionality.
-- Paul <http://paulgear.webhop.net>
--- sysstat 2005/06/09 20:30:33 1.2 +++ sysstat 2005/06/09 20:57:05 @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ # -# Default settings for /etc/init.d/sysstat and /etc/cron.d/sysstat +# Default settings for /etc/init.d/sysstat, /etc/cron.d/sysstat, and +# /usr/lib/sysstat/sa2 # # Should sadc collect system activity informations? Valid values @@ -10,3 +11,10 @@ # Options passed to sadc in the /etc/init.d/sysstat script. # See sadc(8) for more information OPTIONS="-F -L -" + +# The number of days for which to keep sysstat performance logs. If set to +# less than 1, no performance logs will be removed, and files will be +# overwritten on the like-numbered day of the next month. Setting this +# greater than 31 will have no effect (unless sysstat has not been running +# for some reason). If not set, defaults to 7 days. +#KEEP_DAYS=0
--- sa2 2005/06/09 20:29:46 1.2
+++ sa2 2005/06/09 20:54:39
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@
S_TIME_FORMAT=ISO ; export S_TIME_FORMAT
umask 0022
DATE=`date +%d`
+KEEP_DAYS=7
+[ -f /etc/default/sysstat ] && . /etc/default/sysstat
RPT=/var/log/sysstat/sar${DATE}
ENDIR=/usr/bin
DFILE=/var/log/sysstat/sa${DATE}
[ -f "$DFILE" ] || exit 0
cd ${ENDIR}
${ENDIR}/sar.sysstat $* -f ${DFILE} > ${RPT}
-find /var/log/sysstat \( -name 'sar??' -o -name 'sa??' \) -mtime +7 -exec rm -f {} \;
-
+if [ "${KEEP_DAYS}" -gt 0 ]; then
+ find /var/log/sysstat \( -name 'sar??' -o -name 'sa??' \) -mtime +${KEEP_DAYS} -exec rm -f {} \;
+fi
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