Linux Platform

This is the release notes for data recording package for Linux platform 32/64bit. This document includes all changes up to the current stable release, listing all updates and bug fixes. Additional if the release contains specific instructions all these will be listed and included.

0.74.1 release, October 2012

• Bug 209 - stuck established connections
• Bug 212 - hdwrec errors on Ubuntu systems
• Bug 213 - sender should support ssh2 connections using different custom ports
• Bug 214 - raw2day should support ssh2 connections using different custom ports
• Bug 216 - sender should have its own startup script
• Update perl-5.16.1
• Update curl-7.27.0
• Update sysstat-10.1.1
• Update XML-LibXML-2.0004

Known Defects

• Bug 172 - procrec uses additional memory over long periods of time Info: procrec uses Sys::Statistics::Linux, Processes.pm to extract per process statistics. It seems there is a design issue within Processes.pm module which caches each process id resulting in a larger RES segment over long periods of time. We are working with the author of Sys::Statistics::Linux to correct this defect.

• Bug 173 - jvmrec uses more memory over long periods of time Info: jvmrec in extended mode, uses Sys::Statistics::Linux to extract per process statistics, resulting in a similar memory usage pattern as described for procrec, Bug 172.

0.74 release, July 2012

• Bug 196 - sender specifications
• Bug 197 - Email::Send not supported
• Bug 198 - add File::Tail, Proc::Daemon, Proc::PID::File to SDR Perl distro
• Bug 200 - sender libssh2 error channel unknown
• Bug 201 - better logging if ssh2 connections are failing
• Bug 202 - sender missing manual page
• Bug 203 - hdwrec uninitialized values
• Bug 204 - sender.pid should relocate under sdr prefix
• Bug 205 - netrec should die if netstat is not available
• Bug 206 - jvmrec should die if jstat is not available
• Update perl-5.16.0
• Update Net-SSH2-0.45
• Update curl-7.26.0
• Update idn-1.25
• Update XML-LibXML-1.99

Known Defects

• Bug 172 - procrec uses additional memory over long periods of time Info: procrec uses Sys::Statistics::Linux, Processes.pm to extract per process statistics. It seems there is a design issue within Processes.pm module which caches each process id resulting in a larger RES segment over long periods of time. We are working with the author of Sys::Statistics::Linux to correct this defect.

• Bug 173 - jvmrec uses more memory over long periods of time Info: jvmrec in extended mode, uses Sys::Statistics::Linux to extract per process statistics, resulting in a similar memory usage pattern as described for procrec, Bug 172.

0.73.7 release, May 2012

• Bug 175 - remove -w from shebang, just use warnings
• Bug 176 - HOSTNAME produces FQDN on Linux
• Bug 179 - SDR Data File Extension .sdrd
• Bug 183 - Normalization of Metrics CPU Utilization Linux
• Bug 185 - port raw2day form ksh to perl5
• Bug 177 - separate raw2day log rotation from transport mode
• Bug 184 - missing runq-sz number of tasks waiting for run time
• Bug 192 - sysrec sdrd 0737 data format changes
• Update Net-SSH2-0.44
• Update curl-7.25.0
• Update libssh2-1.4.2
• Update sysstat-10.0.5
• Security Update: openssl-1.0.0j

Known Defects

• Bug 172 - procrec uses additional memory over long periods of time Info: procrec uses Sys::Statistics::Linux, Processes.pm to extract per process statistics. It seems there is a design issue within Processes.pm module which caches each process id resulting in a larger RES segment over long periods of time. We are working with the author of Sys::Statistics::Linux to correct this defect.

• Bug 173 - jvmrec uses more memory over long periods of time Info: jvmrec in extended mode, uses Sys::Statistics::Linux to extract per process statistics, resulting in a similar memory usage pattern as described for procrec, Bug 172.

0.73.6 release, March 2012

• Bug 167 - procrec uninitialized value in division from Processes.pm
• Bug 168 - master sdr startup script kills other interactive sdr sessions
• Update sysstat-10.0.4

0.73.5 release, February 2012

• Bug 141 - sysrec should report detailed mem statistics
• Bug 148 - openssl vulnerabilities and other libs available
• Bug 150 - sysrec help usage field counter
• Bug 151 - revision should answer to -V
• Bug 152 - make sysrec perlcritic level 4 compliant
• Bug 149 - jvmrec missing second colon field delimiter when new generation one is 100 %
• Bug 153 - make cpurec perlcritic level 4 compliant
• Bug 154 - make nicrec perlcritic level 4 compliant
• Bug 155 - make netrec perlcritic level 4 compliant
• Bug 156 - make jvmrec perlcritic level 4 compliant
• Bug 157 - make procrec perlcritic level 4 compliant
• Bug 159 - cpurec help usage field counter
• Bug 160 - nicrec help usage field counter
• Bug 161 - netrec help usage field counter
• Bug 162 - jvmrec help usage field counter
• Bug 163 - procrec help usage field counter
• Security Update: openssl-1.0.0g
• Update libssh2-1.4.0
• Update curl-7.24.0
• Update libidn-1.24
• Update sysstat-10.0.3

0.73.4 release, October 2011

• Bug 140 - jvmrec does not correctly process jvm target names
• Security Update: openssl-1.0.0e
• Update libssh2-1.3.0
• Update sysstat-10.0.2
• Update curl-7.22.0

0.73.3 release, August 2011

• Bug 121 - add support for sub second interval
• Bug 115 - 0.73.2 openssl not finding its own shared libs
• Bug 129 - make jvmrec report the time as the first field in raw data
• Bug 124 - add support for io stats
• Bug 117 - nicrec for Linux based OSes
• Bug 104 - procrec Linux support
• Bug 130 - update sysrec man page for latest changes
• Bug 131 - update cpurec man page for latest changes
• Bug 132 - update nicrec man page for latest changes
• Bug 133 - update jvmrec man page for latest changes
• Bug 134 - update procrec man page for latest changes
• Update perl-5.12.4
• Update libssh2-1.2.9

0.73.2 release, July 2011

• Bug 108 - ssh2 via Net::SSH2
• Bug 113 - make sysrec clean to perlcritic
• Bug 110 - jvmrec incorrectly uses pargs in Linux based OSes
• Bug 112 - make netrec clean on perlcritic
• Bug 114 - update jvmrec man page for Linux
• Update libidn-1.22
• Update curl-7.21.7
• Update sysstat-10.0.1
• Remove nicrec-1.22, unmaintained

0.73.1 release, April 2011

• Bug 102 - jvmrec does not record jvm data from all zones, 64bit support
• Update perl-5.12.3
• Update openssl-1.0.0d
• Update curl-7.21.5
• Update systat-10.0.0

0.71 release, January 2010

• Bug 11 - sysrec records negative memory usage
• Bug 08 - sysrec should take into consideration ZFS ARC consumer
• Bug 24 - missing CPU information: MHz, GHz
• Bug 12 - incorrect parse of number of physical disks installed
• jvmrec: support for Solaris local zones
• corerec: support for SPARC VI, VII cpus
• SMF: corrections for jvmrec, corerec recorders