How to install iostat?

[whn]

new to this and need some help.

I did some research on this topic online. It seems to me that iostat is a part of sysstat utility. There are many linux hosts in my company and few of them have iostat installed.

I saw a cmd online to check sysstat info:

% zypper se -s sysstat

Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository
--+--------------+------------+--------------+--------+------------------------------------------------
i | sysstat | package | 8.1.5-7.9.33 | x86_64 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP1 11.1.1-1.74
| sysstat | srcpackage | 8.1.5-7.9.33 | noarch | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP1 11.1.1-1.74
| sysstat-isag | package | 8.1.5-7.9.33 | x86_64 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP1 11.1.1-1.74

Does it mean I already have sysstat installed on this host? But how to get iostat out of sysstat?

On another host:

% zypper se -s sysstat
Unknown option -s

does it mean I need to install sysstat on the host first?

Your help is highly appreciated.

 

[Annihilannic]

The 'i' in the S column I presume means that it is installed.

What does rpm -q sysstat?

You don't need to "get iostat out" of sysstat.... /usr/bin/iostat is just one of the files installed when you install the sysstat package. Is it missing?

Try rpm -ql sysstat | grep iostat to see if it is in another location or something...

Annihilannic.