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Description of problem:
I've realized during testing bz#1088998 that it would be nice to be able to set compress method in /etc/sysconfig/sysstat file. Currently it is possible to set it only in /usr/lib/sa/sa2 file using ZIP variable.

# grep ZIP /usr/lib64/sa/sa2
ZIP="bzip2"

Diff representing proposed enhancement:
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--- /etc/sysconfig/sysstat	2014-02-28 23:59:01.533128486 -0500
+++ sysstat.new	2014-03-01 17:18:53.730971381 -0500
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
 # multiple directories, one for each month.
 HISTORY=10
 
-# Compress (using gzip or bzip2) sa and sar files older than (in days):
+# Compress (using gzip, bzip2 or xz) sa and sar files older than (in days):
 COMPRESSAFTER=31
 
+# Compression method (gzip, bzip2 or xz)
+ZIP="bzip2"
+
 # Parameters for the system activity data collector (see sadc manual page)
 # which are used for the generation of log files.
 SADC_OPTIONS="-S DISK"
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Created attachment 910384 [details]
sysstat-9.0.4-zip-conf.patch

Upstream commits:
https://github.com/sysstat/sysstat/commit/98db4542341328046c1299964ce0b3a2b785c282
https://github.com/sysstat/sysstat/commit/15265375f3563342262653b11c197f36077fd47c

easy to test, qa_ack for rhel-6.6

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014-1468.html